plack

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/plæk/[pʰl̥æk]UK/plak/UK[pʰl̥ak]

noun

A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.

OriginMiddle Dutch placke →
RareFirst used 15th–17th c.Scrabble 13
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Meanings

plack1

nounplack (plural placks)

plural placks

  1. obsoleteA coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.First known use 15th–17th c.
  2. Northern EnglandScotlandhistoricalA coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.First known use 15th c.

    ‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’

    1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 49

plack2

noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of plaque.

Plack3

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Middle Dutchplacke“name of a coin”
  2. Englishplack

From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plack

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

plack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plack

MLA

“plack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plack.

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