Ruddock

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The bird Erythacus rubecula, the robin-redbreast of Europe. See robin
  • noun. . A gold coin: also called red ruddock or golden ruddock.
  • noun. A kind of apple.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The European robin.
  • noun. A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also red ruddock, and golden ruddock.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The European robin.
  • noun. A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
    • Word Usage
    "Woodville having loft his fortune at the gaming-table, and mortgaged his eftatesto Sir George Pen ruddock, the latter dies, leaves Iiis immenfe pofTefJions to his ne - phew, and Woodville is thus placed at the mercy of the man whom he had fo injurioufly treated."
    variant
    golden ruddock  red ruddock  
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