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Synonyms for doubloon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : duh-bloon
Phonetic Transcription : dʌˈblun

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Définition 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

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