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Flemish Account

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A sum less than that expected. In Antwerp accounts were kept in livres, sols, and pence; but the livre or pound was only 12s. In Notes and Queries we have an example of a Flemish account, where £373 Flemish becomes £213 2s. 10d. English.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Flèche
Flecknoe (Richard)
Fledgeby
Flee the Falcon (To)
Fleeced
Fleet Book Evidence
Fleet Marriages
Fleet Street (London)
Fleet of the Desert
Flemish Account
Flemish School
Flesh and Blood
Flesh-pots
Fleshed
Fleshly School (The)
Fleta
Fleur-de-Luce
Fleurs-de-Lys
Flibbertigibbet
Flic (French)