doubloons
noun
a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, originally equal to two escudos but fluctuating in value.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a former Spanish gold coin |
| 2. | slang (plural) money |
| [C17: from Spanish doblón, from | |
| doblón or doblón | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Spanish doblón, from | |
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Doubloons
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
doubloon
1622, from Sp. doblon a gold coin, augmentive of doble "double" (coin so called because it was worth twice as much as the Sp. gold pistole), from L. duplus "double."
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