Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An English gold coin, first issued by Edward IV., of the value of half an angel. See
angel , 5, and angelot. - noun A little angel or child angel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel.
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- noun A small
gold coin once used inEngland ; ahalf angel .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr Ewring had never spent an angelet better than in securing the transmission of that one word, which was the instrument in God's hand to save two immortal souls.
The King's Daughters Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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"Mayhap that shall help you," replied the miller, holding up an angelet, namely, a gold coin, value 3 shillings 4 pence -- the smallest gold coin then made.
The King's Daughters Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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(_angelet_) was given to one of the coins struck by English rulers of France in the period 1150-1460.
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"Ah, Bartle! wilt thou do that for a gold angelet which thou wouldst not for the love of God or thy neighbour?
The King's Daughters Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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"Isoult, if thou canst ever get my left shoe off, I will give thee a gold angelet [half-angel; in other words, a gold crown].
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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