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pice
[ pahys ]
pice
/ paɪs /
noun
- a former Indian coin worth one sixty-fourth of a rupee
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pice1
First recorded in 1615–20; paisa ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pice1
C17: from Mahratti paisā
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Example Sentences
A trifle, Meer Sahib; a few pice to purchase oil for the temple was all he wanted.
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For seven years their private life was the pice de rsistance at every feast of scandal served at Paris and Versailles.
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With this pice de fantaisie it would be curious to contrast the graver and more authentic description of the impartial Daubenton.
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Every pice-de-service upon his table was of individual design, numbers of them the work of the celebrated Germain.
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Beef then was a pice a pound, and the vegetables cost a pie a day.
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