( n. )
A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.
( n. )
A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012