two-franc

Only the second day after the restaurant opened, they came to blows in the kitchen over a two-franc tip, and the cook and I had to separate them.

Down and Out in Paris and London 2004

He used to say seriously that he had a PATRON saint who watched over him, and when things were very bad he would search the gutter for money, saying that the saint often dropped a two-franc piece there.

Down and Out in Paris and London 2004

“I want ten two-franc pieces, and twenty half-francs.”

Off on a Comet 2003

He crawled into the dark barn and, having no smaller change, contributed a two-franc bill to the forepaw and told Sandy about his awful stiffness.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 Various

He had rewarded her with a two-franc piece and forgiven her with a kiss.

A Village of Vagabonds

The men I had already remembered with rings, made during my convalescing days at the hospital out of French two-franc pieces.

In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France Edward Alva Trueblood

For my part, I am half sorry it is so well attested, and that I have the authority of that beadle in the blouse, who took my little two-franc piece with an expression of much intelligence.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Various

Only the second day after the restaurant opened, they came to blows in the kitchen over a two-franc tip, and the cook and I had to separate them.

Down and Out in Paris and London 1933

He used to say seriously that he had a patron saint who watched over him, and when things were very bad he would search the gutter for money, saying that the saint often dropped a two-franc piece there.

Down and Out in Paris and London 1933

With the words, he laid a two-franc note tenderly upon my sleeve.

Jonah and Co. Dornford Yates 1922