crockard

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English

Alternative forms

crokard, crocard, crocarde

Etymology

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin.^[1] Possibilities include:

that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard.^[2]
that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”).^[3]
that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).

Noun

crockard (plural crockards)

(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

See also

brabant, pollard, rosary, mitre, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle

References

^ Oxford English Dictionary
^ “crockard”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ Middle English Dictionary

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