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franc-piece

franc-piece noun: a one-franc coin.

Noun

franc-piece (plural franc-pieces)

  1. (obsolete) A one-franc coin.
    • Well, I found a funny little carriage, with a funny old man who did not understand my patois any better than I did his; but he understood a franc-piece. I had my guide-book, and I said auberge; and we came to the oddest, most outlandish, and old-fashioned establishment that ever escaped from one of...1872, Edward Everett Hale, Stand and Wait

Forms of franc-piece

pluralfranc-pieces

Questions about franc-piece

What does franc-piece mean?
Franc-piece means a one-franc coin.
What part of speech is franc-piece?
Franc-piece is a noun.
What is the plural of franc-piece?
The plural of franc-piece is franc-pieces.

Words near franc-piece in the dictionary

  1. FRAMs
  2. framycetin
  3. Fran
  4. franc
  5. franc germinal
  6. franc-piece
  7. franc-tireur
  8. franc-tireurs
  9. Franca
  10. Francas
  11. francate

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