Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DUC-A-TOON'
DUC-A-TOON', n. [Fr. ducaton; Sp. id.; from ducat.]
A silver coin, struck chiefly in Italy, of the value of about four shillings and eight pence sterling, or nearly 104 cents. The gold ducatoon of Holland is worth twenty florins. – Encyc.
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