doubloon
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The perspective angles skyward in the picture of a frenzied-looking Ahab displaying the gold doubloon he has promised to the man who can kill Moby-Dick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
But Mr. Perdue kept two items for himself: a gold doubloon and the emerald.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
Original owner John McConnell was a fortune hunter, and the Double Eagle was a rare doubloon discovered in a sunken treasure.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 4, 2017
You’ve heard it so many times that your dreams are haunted with doubloon mountains.
From Time ● Dec. 27, 2012
I look at the doubloon still gripped in my right hand.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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