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ducatoon

American

[duhk-uh-toon, duhk-uh-toon] / ˈdʌk əˌtun, ˌdʌk əˈtun /

Also ducaton

noun

a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.

Etymology

Origin of ducatoon

1605–15; < French ducaton, diminutive of ducat ducat

Example Sentences

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Grimaud himself, understand; and with the ten parts of Grimaud, which are not worth a ducatoon, I regained the diamond.

From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre

A common punishment costs the master a rix-dollar, and a severe one a ducatoon, about six shillings and eight-pence.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert

A milled ducatoon is worth eighty stivers; but an unmilled ducatoon is worth no more than seventy-two.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert

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