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napoleon

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napoleon
noun /nəˈpəʊlɪən/
a gold coin worth twenty francs issued by Napoleon I; a twenty-franc coin

, 1891: We had occasion some months ago to strengthen our resources, and borrowed, for that purpose, thirty thousand napoleons from the Bank of France. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Red-Headed League’ (Norton 2005 p.67)


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