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n. See Table at currency.

n. the basic unit of money in Belarus

"For example, a long cogged wooden instrument called a "rubel" (sounds similar to the name of the Russian currency) was used instead of an iron."

belarusian monetary unit   

rebel    rube    rubes    ruble   

rouble    ruble    tubal