"Piaster" is a word in ENGLISH
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See
Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of
about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo,
was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are
now worth about four and a half cents.
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An Irish priest and a Rabbi get into a car accident. They both get out of their cars and stumble over to the side of the road. The Rabbi says, "Oy vey! What a wreck!" The priest asks him, "Are you all right, Rabbi?" The Rabbi responds, "Just a little shaken." The priest pulls a flask of whiskey from his coat and says, "Here, drink some of this it will calm your nerves." The Rabbi takes the flask and drinks it down and says, "Well, what are we going to tell the police?" "Well," the priest says, "I don't know what your aft' to be tellin' them. But I'll be tellin' them I wasn't the one drinkin'."
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
Read the complete definitionA piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
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Read the complete definitionIn Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
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