"kroo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kroos [plural], kroo [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|kroo}} kroo (plural kroos or kroo)
  1. An obsolete African unit of measure, varying by the type of produce.
    Sense id: en-kroo-en-noun-fDDdLUBI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1845, The African Repository:",
          "text": "I raised, last year, rice, potatoes, and cassada, of which I had an abundance for my own use and a quantity for sale. I sold over 100 kroos of sweet potatoes, fifty kroos of cassada and fifty kroos of rice. Potatoes are worth 25 cents per kroo; cassada, 18 cents, and rice, half cleaned, $1.",
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    }
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    },
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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