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piece of eight definition

piece of eight

the obsolete Spanish and Spanish-American dollar, equal to eight reals

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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