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Ǧēne
n.
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Genoa; (b) in names of wares marketed by Genoese traders or associated with Genoa:
gold of Gene, pot of Gene
; (c) ?jean [short for
Gene fustian
; see
OD
]; (d) a small Genoese coin (worth about a…
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