dubbeltje
[duhb-uh l-chuh, -tyuh]
- a silver ten-cent piece of the Netherlands.
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Origin of dubbeltje
1815–25; < Dutch, equivalent to dubbel double + -tje diminutive suffix; double the value of a 5-cent piece
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Historical Examples
Then will it cost you a dubbeltje; and it will go off at once.
An Irishman's Difficulties with the Dutch LanguageN.A. Cuey-na-Gael