1535–45; named after G. Liard, 15th-century French minter
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He keeps Guatemala "as orderly as an empty bil liard table," himself patrols the whole country on a motorcycle.
From Time Magazine Archive
But you would not give him your friendship if it involved the expenditure of the least little morsel, of the value of a liard, of your wisdom.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
If Claes was from home, Ulenspiegel would ask Soetkin for a liard, to go play.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
A six liard is a bit of copper composition, such as the fine cannon are made of, and is worth three sols french, or a halfpenny, and a farthing english.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir
The Germans had been making their own bread for the last fortnight; they used to come and grind at my mill, without paying a liard.
From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre
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