liard
noun
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
liard
1 American
[lee-ahr, lee-ar]
/ liˈɑr, liˈar /
noun
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liards
plural
Liard
2
American
[lee-ahrd, lee-ahrd, -ahr]
/ ˈli ɑrd, liˈɑrd, -ˈɑr /
noun
Liard
1
British
/ ˈliːɑːd, liːˈɑːd, -ˈɑː /
noun
liard
2
British
/ lɪˈɑːd /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of liard
1535–45; named after G. Liard, 15th-century French minter
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He keeps Guatemala "as orderly as an empty bil liard table," himself patrols the whole country on a motorcycle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now I had paid away my last sous to the garçon d'écurie at the Poste: so I told them pettishly that I had not a liard to give.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
The Germans had been making their own bread for the last fortnight; they used to come and grind at my mill, without paying a liard.
From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Alexandre Chatrian
‘Yes,’ I answered, ‘as rich as my mother, whom you have deprived of her last liard!’
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
A deux liard piece is half a sol french, or a farthing english.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Sir John Carr
Adam Yeadon, 25, died Saturday while fighting a wildfire near his home in Fort Liard, Northwest Territories.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
The person, who has not yet been named, died from injuries sustained while fighting a fire near Fort Liard in the Northwest Territories on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2023
The Northern Rockies Lodge is definitely the top place to stay in the northern half of British Columbia, especially when the must-visit, world-class Liard River Hot Springs is 34 miles away.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023
Liard, a working mother of two, turned 15 years of experience with folding clothes in retail into viral lessons as people sought ways to bring control and comfort back into their lives.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
Two days after arriving, he was still at Liard River, impatiently going nowhere.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Lamme hid behind Claes and cried: “I have earned seven liards, I have earned seven liards, do not beat me!”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
There was, in fact, no such thing as order-money, except for liards, and thus it did not apply to sous or livres.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by B. Lowsley
Then he asked Ulenspiegel to give him six liards for a drink.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
The carolusis to be held worth 12 deniers, and the vache worth 3 liards.
From The Coinages of the Channel Islands by B. Lowsley
True God!" muttered Phoebus, "targes, big-blanks, little blanks, mailles,* every two worth one of Tournay, farthings of Paris, real eagle liards!
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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