doubloon

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But this apparent respect for the persons and property of the conquered was based in reality upon M. de Rivarol's anxiety lest a doubloon should be abstracted from all the wealth that was pouring into the treasury opened by the Baron in the name of the King of France.

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  1. noun A gold coin formerly used in Spain and Spanish America.

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  • He left only his Pete Fountain doubloon, which I slid into my pocket. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 06 - December 1997
  • Consider tossing a doubloon or two at the America's rising thirst for bottled water may be dangerously damaging its aquatic resources. —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
  • Star Wars nerd-dom, at least you're getting a doubloon or two out of the whole deal. —  :::Philebrity...media, culture, music and more:::
  • A doubloon is my constant gain every day that the weather will permit of my going out, and sometimes six pistoles This would indicate that he was a thrifty lad, honestly pleased with honest earnings--and no mere adventurer About this time, a company was formed, called the Ohio Company, for the purpose of opening a trade route through northern Virginia and Maryland. —  Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
  • But it may be said that, of the enormous treasures drawn by Spain from her South American possessions, during the early days of her occupation, every doubloon was watered with blood The boys, who had for nearly six months lived among the Indians, and had seen their many fine qualities, were horrified at the sights which they witnessed; and, several times, had the greatest difficulty to restrain their feelings of indignation and horror. —  Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main
 

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  1. Spanish doblón, augmentative of dobla, Spanish coin, from Latin dupla, feminine of duplus, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French doublon, from Spanish doblon (= Portuguese dobrão = Italian doppione), a doubloon, so called because it was originally of double the value of a pistole, augmentative of doblo (= Portuguese dobro = Italian doppio), double: see double. Cf. dobla, dobra.
 

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