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Examples
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I am well content to take her and her thirty thousand louis-d'or without making any troublesome inquiries.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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But the louis-d'or roll rapidly in that sort of society.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various
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All these louis-d'or fell, as if by a miracle, into the poor hands accustomed to receive little pieces of silver.
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I had a brother, to whom I wrote, telling him of my situation, and asking him for the loan of a few louis-d'or until my studies were completed, when I promised to repay the debt with interest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various
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Ducats, pistoles, louis-d'or, have brought no panacea to the sorrows of Balsamo.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various
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"There are three thousand louis-d'or, dear king," said Abraham Nickel.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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Robert Talbor, an English doctor, for two thousand louis-d'or, a large pension and a title.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various
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Nor then -- for upon the day of the poor fellow's discharge, he presented him with a horse and water-cart, and a purse containing five louis-d'or.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various
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[Footnote 8: Berthier used to keep, as a curiosity, a general order, by which three louis-d'or were granted as a great supply to each general of division, dated on the very day of the victory at Albegna.]
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906
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"I have fought from Trois Pistoles to Michilimackinac for the toss of a louis-d'or."
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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