Ducat

(noun.) formerly a gold coin of various European countries.

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• In the same year he superintended the gilding, by electro-plate, of the iron dome of the Cathedral of St. Isaac at St. Petersburgh, using 274 pounds of ducat gold. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Justice--the Law--my ducats, and my daughter! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The wits nicknamed him _Il Milione_, because he was always talking of millions of people and millions of ducats. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The receipts which are given for deposits of gold ducats fall to it yet more frequently, because a higher warehouse rent, or one half per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He bought off the German troops at last by the payment of four hundred thousand ducats. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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