Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
change-carrier
English answer:
carrier of small change
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Jack Doughty
Aug 27, 2013 11:28
10 yrs ago
English term
change-carrier
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
"Emerging in the shop again among a litter of toys and what are called "fancy articles," Shalford withdrew a hand from beneath his coat tails to indicate an overhead change-carrier. He entered into elaborate calculations to show how many minutes in one year were saved thereby, and lost himself among the figures."
The quotation is from a British novel published in 1905. Could you explain what "change-carrier" is?
The quotation is from a British novel published in 1905. Could you explain what "change-carrier" is?
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| 4 +3 | carrier of small change (coins) |
Jack Doughty
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Jack Doughty
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carrier of small change (coins)
I remember seeing such a system in a local furniture shop when I was a child.
Notes and coins are transferred from a shop counter to the central cash desk and vice-versa by a system of overhead wires carrying containers.
Notes and coins are transferred from a shop counter to the central cash desk and vice-versa by a system of overhead wires carrying containers.
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| Thank you for your answer |
| And thank you for the book Charles Davis. |
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