rouleaus
- plural of rouleau.
Example Sentences
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Surprised as well as disconcerted, he looked through the square of glass, and saw Whittaker engaged in counting a number of packages, which he perceived to be rouleaus of gold.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
The banker smote the shelf with an angry hand; some of the rouleaus of gold stacked on the inner shelf toppled and fell; gold pieces clattered on the floor.
From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
He had bought a few centimes' worth, paying for it with numerous rouleaus, and he was beginning dimly to wonder if it was not rather an extravagant method of exchange.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard
The sleeves are ornamented with rouleaus, wreathed with pearls and bullion.
From Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
And again in his mind's eye he saw the rouleaus streaming from the sack.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
