The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cardecu — noun /ˈkɑːdɪkjuː/ A silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu. , 1819: “a set of hilding fellows there were, whom we dismissed to find them a new master enough had been done for revenge and profit; the bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.”… … Wiktionary
cardecu — car·de·cu … English syllables
cardecu — ˈkärdəˌkyü noun ( s) Etymology: French quart d écu quarter of an ecu : an old French silver coin equal to 1/4 ecu that was first issued by Henry III … Useful english dictionary
cardakew — var. of cardecu, Obs … Useful english dictionary
