English Dictionary

tester

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɛstə/

名詞

イギリス英語 古風 俗語

An old French silver coin. / (Britain, slang, dated) A sixpence.

日本語の意味

古いフランスの銀貨 / イギリスの俗語（時代遅れ）で6ペンス硬貨

He carefully placed the tester on the velvet cushion before the historian began cataloguing the collection.

歴史家が収蔵品の目録作成を始める前に、彼はビロードのクッションの上にその古いフランスの銀貨を注意深く置いた。

意味（1）

An old French silver coin.

意味（2）

(Britain, slang, dated) A sixpence.

When after their beaſtly ſport and pleaſure Mounſieur Libid[inoſo] heat of luſt was ſomewhat aſſwaged, and ready to goe, féeling his pocket for a venereall remuneration [i.e., a copper coin] finds nothing but a Teſter, or at leaſt ſo little, that it was not ſufficient to pleaſe dame Pleaſure for her hire. … My Ladie would not beléeue Monſ. Libid. a great while, but ſearched and féeled for more coine, …

testers （ plural ）