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planchet

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planch·et  (plncht)
n.
1. A flat disk of metal ready for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
2. A small shallow metal container in which a radioactive substance is deposited for measurement of its activity.
[Diminutive of planch, flat plate, slab, from Middle English plaunche, plank, from Old French planche, from Late Latin planca, from feminine of Latin plancus, flat; see plk-1 in Indo-European roots.]
planchet [ˈplɑːntʃɪt]
n
a piece of metal ready to be stamped as a coin, medal, etc.; flan
[from French: little board, from planche plank1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.planchet - a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
coin blank
disk, disc - a flat circular plate


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And Planchet breathed freely again, whilst D'Artagnan seated himself quietly down in the shop, upon a bale of corks, and made a survey of the premises.
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He preserved this opinion even after the feast, with the remnants of which he repaired his own long abstinence; but when in the evening he made his master's bed, the chimeras of Planchet faded away.
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