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Louis d'or

noun

A former French gold coin.

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"Louis d'or" Quotes from Famous Books

... disguised as "Mr Roberts," was staying with a Miss Rose who was not his wedded wife, accused Montagu and two of his friends, Mr Taafe and Lord Southwell, of making him drunk as a preliminary to inveigling him into play and winning 870 louis d'or from him. ...

— Love Romances of the Aristocracy • Thornton Hall

... was in the secret. Eve, like the thrifty housekeeper and divine magician that she was, conjured up a few louis d'or from her savings to buy thin shoes for Lucien of the best shoemaker in Angouleme, and an entirely new suit of clothes from the most renowned tailor. She made a frill for his best shirt, and washed and pleated ...

— Two Poets - Lost Illusions Part I • Honore de Balzac

... whispered, pressing a louis d'or into his hand. "Whose window is that, Rene?" And ...

— The Suitors of Yvonne • Raphael Sabatini

... the high King sat, in a gold-faced vest and a gold-laced hat, counting heaped monies, and dreaming of more francs and sequins and Louis d'or. Meanwhile the Queen on that fateful night, though avowing her lack of all appetite, was still at table, where, rumor said, she was smearing her seventh slice of bread (thus each turgescible rumor thrives at court) with gold from the royal hives. Through the slumberous pare, under ...

— Figures of Earth • James Branch Cabell

Words linked to "Louis d'or" : coin