carolus
Americannoun
plural
caroluses, carolinoun
Etymology
Origin of carolus
1680–90; < Medieval Latin: Latinized form of Charles or Karl
Example Sentences
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You have one hundred and twenty herrings for an English penny, equal to a carolus of France, in the fishing time.
From The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 by Various
Each time he needed money to pay their share of expenses at Katheline’s Ulenspiegel went by night to lift the stone from the hole dug beside the well, and took out a carolus.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
Bavarian carolus or 3-gold gulden piece = 9 fl.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
But Claes, thinking of the carolus, said: “Thou wast cunning, Thylken my dear boy; she will not be hungry then in her old age, Soetkin my widow.”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
Then the bailiff, addressing himself to Soetkin: “Discover to me,” said he, “the place where the carolus are hidden.”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
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