doubloons

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plural of doubloon
doubloon
{v} a Spanish gold coin of two pistoles
doubloon
A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies
doubloon
A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five
doubloon
See Doblon in Sup
doubloon
{i} gold coin (used in Spain and Spanish America)
doubloon
a gold coin used in the past in Spain and Spanish America (doblón, from duplus ; DOUBLE)
doubloon
a former Spanish gold coin
doubloons

    Etymology

    [ "d&-'blün ] (noun.) 1622. Spanish doblón, augmentative of dobla, an old Spanish coin, from Latin dupla, feminine of duplus double; more at DOUBLE.
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