Of coins -- plugged (adj) & plug (berb)

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Feb 15 18:06:24 UTC 2011


To clarify and summarize the two senses and the dates I've found:

plugged (adj) = restored to true value, 1773.
plug (verb) = to restore to true value, 1785
plug (verb) = to debase, 1789.
plugged (adj) = debased, 1797.

(Perhaps the "debase" sense is the later development.)

Joel

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



More information about the Ads-l mailing list