Antonyms for doubloon

Grammar : Noun

Spell : duh-bloon

Phonetic Transcription : dʌˈblun

bill
dollar

Definition of doubloon

Origin : 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.

As in coin : noun metallic money

Example sentences :

Allow me to examine you likewise, and I will give you a doubloon.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Whoever had drawn the map had called the peninsula "Doubloon Spit."
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

What then should there be in this doubloon of the Equator that is so killing wonderful?
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

It so chanced that the doubloon of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things.
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

As the black paddled me on shore, I asked him if he would like to obtain a doubloon.
Extract from : « The Two Supercargoes » by W.H.G. Kingston

“It is a doubloon,” he explained to his brother after studying it a bit.
Extract from : « Fritz and Eric » by John Conroy Hutcheson

"A doubloon, if you pull to please me," said a voice distinctly from the boat.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) » by Michael Scott

Here's a doubloon for you, Jack; and all for the sake of old times.
Extract from : « Jack Tier or The Florida Reef » by James Fenimore Cooper

Why, especially, should they put a doubloon in their father's pocket-book?
Extract from : « Select Speeches of Daniel Webster » by Daniel Webster

Here's a Spanish doubloon; this is an English sovereign; an' there's a Dutch piece.
Extract from : « A Runaway Brig; » by James Otis

Synonyms for doubloon

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