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Louis d'or
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synonyms: pistole ???
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Definition:any of the gold coins of France first issued under Louis XIII in 1640
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lent him a false aspect of patriarchal bonhomie, counteracted, however, by the scintillation of two little yellow eyes which trembled in their orbits like two louis-d'or upon quicksilver.
Théophile Gautier. The Mummy's Foot
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