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pistole |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pistole \Pis*tole"\, n. [F., probably a name given in jest in France to a Spanish coin. Cf {Pistol}.] The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
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