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Gold coin in pirate stories
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doubloon
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a former Spanish gold coin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Beyond her kitchen window, crocuses sprouted up from the grass, bright as doubloons, orange and heliotrope. ▪ For the prosaic Flask, the doubloon stands only for so many cigars that he could buy. ▪ More and more he pauses to ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doubloon \Doub*loon"\, n. [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See Double , a., and cf. Dupion .] A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from French doublon (16c.) and directly from Spanish doblon a gold coin, augmentative of doble "double" (coin so called because it was worth twice as much as the Spanish gold pistole ), from Latin duplus "double" (see double (adj.)). Also see -oon ...
Usage examples of doubloon.
Deutch spotted that doubloon he was cute enough to guess what it might lead to, but your father was too clever for him.
Dick, or we may lose you, and London is a mighty big place to start looking for a small boy with a doubloon in his pocket.
Ginger viciously, and throwing back his arm, was about to hurl the doubloon far out to sea when he was arrested in the act by the sound of a distant rifle shot.
We got it back, and you saw what nearly happened to us, and, I honestly believe, would have happened had not Dick discarded his coat, with the doubloon in the pocket, at the last minute.
He had come to fetch the doubloon, but it was not so easy as he had thought it would be when he was standing on the islet with the others only a few yards away.
I got into the hole and found the doubloon and put it on a rock while I got out.
He brought the wine and seven sequins, the change for the doubloon I had given him.
Sea Turtle was fortified, and colonists, consisting of men of doubtful character and women of whose character there could be no doubt whatever, began pouring in upon the island, for it was said that the buccaneers thought no more of a doubloon than of a Lima bean, so that this was the place for the brothel and the brandy shop to reap their golden harvest, and the island remained French.
With surprise, Hatch recognized the massive gold doubloon Bonterre had uncovered the day before.
Somehow, he felt an aversion to taking the doubloon off the island, as if it would be bad luck to do so before the rest of the treasure had been found.
As the ball was to take place the same evening, I gave the mother a doubloon to get a mask and domino.
I gave our guide a doubloon, with which he was well pleased, and I enjoyed once more a peaceful night in a French bed, for nowhere will you find such soft beds or such delicious wines as in the good land of France.
I present the First Place Platinum Plaque and possession of the El Sol Doubloon to Captain Miles Glover and the crew of New Pride of Baltimore!
He watched with perfectly settled emotions as the energetic Miles Glover jaunted up to the podium to accept the El Sol Doubloon on behalf of his cheering crew, and bowed to the applause of millions.
The Santa Anna, which he had waylaid, had proved to be a veritable treasure ship, laden with such minted coins as doubloons, golden moidores, pieces of eight, and cross money, to say nothing of plate, silks, lace, and other rare fabrics that would fetch good money at Port Royal, where unscrupulous traders were making fortunes.