carolus
Americannoun
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caroluses,
plural
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caroli
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of carolus
1680–90; < Medieval Latin: Latinized form of Charles or Karl
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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
But instead of the carolus, he found nothing in it between the felt and the lining but worthless copper counters.
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
There are some of that vile crew, ravens and vultures living on corpses, who would denounce us to divide a basket of charcoal with His Majesty as well as a bag of 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
But they let her off with two gold carolus and seven deniers.
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
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
And you must know that I have already had from the mother a sum of three and twenty caroluses.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
Have you brought me those seven hundred caroluses?
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
“The old Major is scarcely like to pay down twenty gold caroluses, but if he should, the bay is his.”
From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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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