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Dalle

(French), écu de six francs (5s.). Money generally.

“Quiconque parleroit de paix ... payeroit à la bourse de l'Union certaine quantitée de dales, pour l'entretenement des docteurs.” —Satyre Menippee, 1824, p.163.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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