Definition

• Ruddock, also, but rarely, written Rid- dock. An obsolete slang name for a gold coin in allusion to its ruddy color.

  John Lyly, in his play Midas, 1592 (ii.l), has the line: " If ... he haue golden rud- docks in his bagges, he must be wise and honourable. "

  Mabbe, in a translation of Aleman's Guzman d?Alfarache, 1622 (ii, 147), says: " Three thousand crownes, in good, dainty braue ruddocks, all good double pistolets. "

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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