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shroff

shroff [ shrof, shrawf ]


noun  (plural shroffs)
Definition:
 
1. South Asian banker: in South Asia, a banker or moneychanger

2. expert in counterfeit coins: somebody employed in eastern Asia to separate counterfeit from real coins



transitive verb  (past and past participle shroffed, present participle shroff·ing, 3rd person present singular shroffs)
Definition:
 
separate counterfeit coins: to separate counterfeit from real coins

[Early 17th century. Alteration of Hindi śarāf< Arabic ṣarrāf]
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