écus
- plural of écu.
Example Sentences
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I received it in Louis d'ors and écus.
From Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Pinkney, Lt-Col.
"Still, you'll admit that you can't pick up écus in the road."
From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed
If I would put down fifty écus, the cow was mine.
From Nobody's Boy Sans Famille by Crewe-Jones, Florence
The prince afterwards sold his commission as viceroy to the Duke of Montmorency, Admiral of France, for the sum of thirty thousand écus.
From The Makers of Canada: Champlain by Dionne, N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope)
It was at an expense of two hundred thousand écus that the welcoming fête was accomplished.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche
