louis d'or

[ loo-ee dawr; French lwee dawr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural lou·is d'or [loo-eez , dawr, lwee , dawr].

louis d'or

/ lwi dɔr; ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː /

First recorded in 1680–90; from French: literally, “Louis of gold”; named after Louis XIII

C17: from French: golden louis, named after Louis XIII

She sat at the table, Jean across, and struggled with centimes and francs and louis d'or, an engrossed frown between her eyebrows.

Having made him drunk, they won from him in less than an hour eight hundred louis d'or.

Though he attended me with the greatest assiduity, yet, when I was going away, he would not accept of a single Louis d'or.

The amount of the rent, in bright louis d'or, was an excellent passport to the presence of the treasurer.

Mamma, but did you not tell us that you never play; will you give us a louis d'or for that?

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