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  • noun Plural form of gilder.

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Examples

  • Welshman is Jan Vanwelt, and the gilders were the cattle he has sent in, as a part-payment beforehand of my guerdon. "

    The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801

  • He was probably chosen not by Du Barry but by the architect, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, as just one of the bevy of highly skilled craftsmen wood sculptors, bronze casters, gilders needed to realize the luxurious interiors.

    The Path of 'Progress' Karen Wilkin 2011

  • In the 17th Century, Dutch florist might pay a couple thousand gilders for one bulb.

    Flower Confidential (copy) ____Maggie 2007

  • In the 17th Century, Dutch florist might pay a couple thousand gilders for one bulb.

    Archive 2007-08-01 ____Maggie 2007

  • By nature, fancypants chefs are obsessive, compulsive tinkerers and lily-gilders.

    Ed Levine: Haute Dogs Are Hot, Hot, Hot 2009

  • Related to gold and precious gems: goldsmiths, gold dealers, jewelers, gilders.

    Astrology for Enlightenment Michelle Karén 2008

  • I left early after paying my bill, using all my available cash and borrowing some from dondelion this restaurant did not accept credit cards - what? and with a few more borrowed gilders from dondelion, I stopped at a McDonald's on the way back to the Hotel Schmitt and took a Big Mac and fries back to my room.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008

  • The market for luxury goods and artisans such as carvers, gilders, watchmakers, furniture makers, painters, potters, silversmiths also rose, along with the need for contractors.

    The City Hall Park Project - New York City during the Revolution 2007

  • When I was in Amsterdam (10 years ago) the fee for a session with a legal prostitute was $25 US (50 gilders).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Senators, Prostitution, and Crime: 2007

  • This is the part where lily-gilders will add things like sausage and oysters and the like, in our family we do not practice such heretical acts.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Mercedes 2007

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