carolus
Americannoun
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caroluses,
plural
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caroli
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of carolus
1680–90; < Medieval Latin: Latinized form of Charles or Karl
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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 Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
And sighing they felt in it between their fingers large coins of the size and dimensions of gold 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 Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
This ordinance prescribed the minting of the silver carolus, in imitation of the Dutch thaler.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
Thus the curfew, the carolus, and the St. Mary bells in Antwerp Cathedral belong to the town.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by George Wharton Edwards
He said to her: “Save the carolus, they are behind the chimney-back.”
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 Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
“The caroluses are hidden away behind the fireplace.”
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
Oh my lady!" cried Deborah, "don't bid me go to the door, I could not if you offered me fifty gold caroluses!
From The Pigeon Pie by Charlotte Mary Yonge
They say that you will give me back the seven hundred caroluses.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
It is not I that took the seven hundred caroluses, it was Hilbert.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
Claes offered him money, but he would only accept two caroluses with which to feed himself and find lodging on his way back home.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
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