All 3 Uses of
sovereign
in
Oliver Twist
- Sikes, snatching it from him, hastily opened it; and proceeded to count the sovereigns it contained.†
Chpt 15 *
- As he spoke, he pushed a couple of sovereigns across the table to his companion, carefully, as though unwilling that the chinking of money should be heard without.†
Chpt 37
- He thrust his hand into a side-pocket; and producing a canvas bag, told out twenty-five sovereigns on the table, and pushed them over to the woman.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(sovereign) of a person: a nation's ruler or head of state
of a political body: not controlled by outside forces