Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The overhang of a cliff; a precipitous wall of rock which surrounds a valley. Also
krantz .
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Examples
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One day his master was so pleased with his work that he actually gave him ten "krans," equivalent to about a dollar of our money.
The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Hartwell [Editor] James 1910
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Gregorian, p. 402, divides the Kabuli rupee as follows for the nineteenth century: 10 dinars to 1 paisa; 5 paisas to 1 copper shahi; 2 shahis to 1 silver sannar or sadinar or misqali; 2 sannar to 1 abbasi or tanga; 1.5 abbasi to 1 kran (qiran); 2 krans to 1 rupee; 2/5 rupees to 1 nim sanad; 5 rupees to one sanad; 20 rupees to 1 toman.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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August 25th, 2010 / Posted by fp julia / Permalink if i had to picture the home of kim krans, the artist behind the wild unknown, this is probably pretty close to what i’d imagine.
home of the wild unknown | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog 2010
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Moreover, he needed to see Ganz about the replenishing of his money-bag; for not the lightest item of the traveler's pack in Persia is his load of silver _krans_.
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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And here you ask me two hundred krans for one piece of silk.
The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Hartwell [Editor] James 1910
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Wrapping up the eight krans very carefully, the cunning beggar promised some day to return them a hundredfold.
The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Hartwell [Editor] James 1910
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As for a sword, he found that it would cost at least thirty krans; while a pair of golden slippers would run into many hundreds of krans; and for an Indian handkerchief, the price was twelve krans.
The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Hartwell [Editor] James 1910
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After giving two krans to the shrine, I intended to buy a piece of silk for my wife, a horse and sword for my little boy Yusuf, and an
The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Hartwell [Editor] James 1910
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"Two hundred krans," repeated Abdul Karim, in astonishment.
The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Hartwell [Editor] James 1910
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"I shall only ask you two hundred krans, as you are a new customer," said the shopkeeper.
The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Hartwell [Editor] James 1910
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