moidore
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of moidore
1695–1705; < Portuguese moeda de ouro coin of gold < Latin monēta dē aurō. See money, de, or 3
Example Sentences
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"By token," she smiled, "of a gold moidore that was paid for a loaf of bread."
From Audrey by Mary Johnston
Here's gold moidore from Virginia—here—no, not that—that's keepsakes the girls gave me.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
Then, when all joys were exhausted, that is, when the last moidore had slipped through their fingers, the pirates went back to their ships, rubbed their eyes, and looked about for more work.
From The Corsair King by Mary J. Safford
On one occasion General Stone, the authority for the previous anecdote, crossed the ferry and offered a moidore in payment.
From George Washington, Volume II by Henry Cabot Lodge
The moidore was worth six pieces of eight, the pistole four, the johannes eight.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by J. Franklin (John Franklin) Jameson
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