Crossword clues for drachmas
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drachma \Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. Drachmas, L. Drachm[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See Dram.]
A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. (plural of drachma English)
Usage examples of "drachmas".
If you need money, I could even lend you a few drachmas till you get home again.
This crypt may just stay locked forever and that may be the end of Greek leks and Albanian drachmas and Balkan reality in general, who can say.
One hundred Greek drachmas on one side, ten thousand Albanian leks on the other.