The act of engaging in small-scale money changing or dealing with coins.
Present participle of the verb 'colly', derived from Greek 'kollybos'. Used historically to describe the occupational activity of money changers in ancient and medieval commerce.
Shakespeare's contemporary audiences would have understood 'collying' as a somewhat shady financial practice—the early version of today's currency exchange shops taking a cut!
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