Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gold coin first issued in 1732 by Charles Philip, Elector of the Palatinate, and afterward adopted in various parts of Germany.
- noun A Swedish gold coin, worth about two dollars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A former
gold coin ofGermany . - noun A former
gold coin ofSweden .
Etymologies
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Latin Carolus Charles.
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Examples
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An 'at Christmastide, when the kids o' Harbor come carolin 'up the hill, all in mummers' dress, pipin ', --
Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893
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hernesheir commented on the word carolin
One for the coin and currency listers.
February 6, 2013