Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Turkish silver coin, of the value of 21 United States cents. Also
beslik .
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Examples
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“I will give you one beshlik,” he offered, twice her price (and, I suspected, the smallest coin in his pocket).
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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He reached for his leather purse and took out the beshlik coin.
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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He reached for his leather purse and took out the beshlik coin.
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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“I will give you one beshlik,” he offered, twice her price (and, I suspected, the smallest coin in his pocket).
O Jerusalem King, Laurie R. 1999
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I offered him the beshlik, and he also stalked off in a rage.
Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905
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With as nonchalant an air as I could muster, I offered him a beshlik -- fourpence halfpenny.
Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905
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