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doubloons

doubloons is the plural of doubloon.

Meaning of doubloon

Noun

doubloon (plural doubloons)

  1. (historical) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
    • English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and...1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

Phrases with doubloons

Questions about doubloons

What is doubloons the plural of?
Doubloons is the plural of doubloon.

Words near doubloons in the dictionary

  1. doubling-down
  2. doublings
  3. doubloon
  4. doubloonie
  5. doubloonies
  6. doubloons
  7. doublure
  8. doublures
  9. doubly
  10. doubly even
  11. doubly incontinent

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