dobla

American  

[doh-blah] / ˈdoʊ blɑ /

noun

1. a former gold coin of Spain.

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dobla British  

/ ˈdəʊblɑː /

noun

1. a medieval Spanish gold coin, probably worth 20 maravedis

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Etymology

Origin of dobla

1590–1600; < Spanish < Latin dupla, feminine of duplus double

Example Sentences

Oro dobla castellana, 23.  "  florines, 10.  "  gran modulo, 23.

From Project Gutenberg

Sancho did as directed, and in a minute Jos� had appeared, had received the dobla, weighed it deliberately on his finger, pocketed it, and commenced his tale.

From Project Gutenberg

In thy opinion a single dobla is too little to be divided between thee and thy friend, the Portuguese.

From Project Gutenberg

You do me injustice, Se�or Don Almirante, and have inflicted a wound touching my honesty, that a dobla only can cure"— "Thou knowest, Sancho, that no one felt more alarm when the deviation of the needle was first noted, than thyself.

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"Go to, knave; thy appetite for money is insatiable; take yet another dobla, and as thou gazest on it thou mayst fancy what thou wilt of the coin of the Great Khan; resting certain that so great a monarch is not without gold, any more than he is probably without the disposition to part with it, when there is occasion."

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