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doblón

American  
[duh-blohn, daw-blawn] / dəˈbloʊn, dɔˈβlɔn /

noun

  • doblones
    plural
  1. a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, equal to two gold escudos.


doblón British  
/ dəˈbləʊn, doˈβlon /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of doubloon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of doblón

First recorded in 1620–30; from Spanish: see origin at doubloon


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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

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

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

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