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Item, five genovines, or five hundred-franc pieces of Genoa; another very rare coin worth eighty-seven francs on exchange, but a hundred francs to collectors.
Eug�nie Grandet 2007
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He jumped into a taxi, gave the driver a hundred-franc note, and told him it was an emergency.
Day of the Dandelion Peter Pringle 2007
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When he offered a hundred-franc note, the proprietor waved it aside.
Maigret in Holland Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1993
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There were bundles of hundred-franc bills, three of them, and one of the bundles was crisp and new.
Maigret and the Saturday Caller Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1991
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“You never forgave her, did you, for palming you off with a hundred-franc note when you went to her for help because you were pregnant?”
Maigret and the Madwoman—Simenon, Georges - 100 Simenon, Georges 1970
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“When I told her I was pregnant, the best she could do for me was to hand me a hundred-franc note.”
Maigret and the Madwoman—Simenon, Georges - 100 Simenon, Georges 1970
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A fifty - or a hundred-franc note every now and then when Rose is looking the other way, that I can manage.
Maigret and the Pickpocket Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1967
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Finally he pulled a worn wallet from his pocket and took several hundred-franc notes from it.
Maigret and the Pickpocket Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1967
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And her eyes were fixed on the hundred-franc note Maigret was taking out of his wallet; she gave a sign as though regretting not having trailed after Monsieur Clément all day Saturday.
Maigret Stonewalled Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963
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CHARLES recovered hisself emediately, and, pocketing the note, winked his eye at the second second, and, giving him a hundred-franc note for hisself, wiped away the stains of the rouge and water, and returned to breakfast with his gilty parrer-mour.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 Various
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