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 Monmouth Street (London)Mono’nia (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Monnaie de Basoche.
 
Worthless coin; coin not current; counters. “Brummagem halfpennies.” Coins were at one time made and circulated by the lawyers of France, which had no currency beyond their own community, (See BASOCHIANS.)   1
 


 Monmouth Street (London)Mono’nia (3 syl.). 

 
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