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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A former Scottish copper coin, coated with silver, worth four bodles, eight Scots pennies, and two-thirds of an English penny. historical

   "There not worth an Atchiſon; nor Twenty ſike."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A city, the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, named after David Rice Atchison.

Example

More examples

"There not worth an Atchiſon; nor Twenty ſike."

Etymology

The coin is named after Atkinson, a coin minter in the beginning of James VI reign.

Related phrases

Atchison CountyAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railwayatchison countycounty seat

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