Meaning & use
dubloons
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An alternate spelling of doubloons, old gold coins once used in Spain and its colonies.
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The pirates buried a chest full of dubloons on the deserted island.
The museum displayed several dubloons recovered from a sunken galleon.
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Dubloons is a variant spelling of 'doubloons,' the standard dictionary form; the word comes from the Spanish doblón, meaning 'double,' referring to the coin's weight in gold.
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