louis d'or
Americannoun
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louis d'or
plural
noun
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a former French gold coin worth 20 francs
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an old French coin minted in the reign of Louis XIII
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Etymology
Origin of louis d'or
First recorded in 1680–90; from French: literally, “Louis of gold”; named after Louis XIII
Example Sentences
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Her vexation was increased when Romulus called out,— "Mamma, but did you not tell us that you never play; will you give us a louis d'or for that?"
From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
For this play the writer received one hundred and fifty louis d'or.
From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Carlo Goldoni
Let him have one hundred louis d'or out of the fortune which blind Chance threw to you tonight.'
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann
By selling the right of using his process he made 40 louis d'or, which supplied him with the means for further experiments.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane
When the game was done he had won 1000 louis d'or.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann
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