doblón
noun
a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two gold escudos.
doblones
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pluralof doblón.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If they’re lost, it wouldn’t be for that I’d grudge the twenty doblones the saddle cost me.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
Merry after parting with all those pretty things; costly, too—worth hundreds of doblones!
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid
More likely there were twenty; but two or three were grand establishments—frequented by the Poblanos of the better class; where gold doblones might be seen upon the green cloth as common as silver dollars.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Mayne Reid
