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Macanese Pataca(finance)

attercop (iou) and pataca (iou)


attercop (iou)



attercop noun. Long obsolete exc. dial.
[Old English attorcoppe, formed as ATTER + (perh.) COP noun1.]
A spider. OE.
fig. A malevolent person. E16.
A spider's web. M16.

pataca (iou)



pataca noun. L19.
[Spanish & Portuguese.]
Hist. = PATACOON. L19.
The basic monetary unit of Macao (and formerly of Timor). E20.