| 单词 | piaster |
| 例句 | He found a pouch of rice, a comb, a fingernail clipper, a few soiled piasters, a snapshot of a young woman standing in front of a parked motorcycle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eventually,” he said, “one of the people back there is going to start thinking about collecting the twenty-thousand piaster reward and the gold medal the VC gives out for a dead American.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Peewee paid them three hundred piasters, about three dollars, for four bottles of the hair stuff and the feet stuff. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell Orr I gave it to you. I charged him two piasters for his.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "It is time for the 5 piaster loaf to increase in price," Sisi said at the opening of a food production plant. Egypt's Sisi calls for first bread price rise in decades 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The next day she asked her parents to let the two suitors go into the world with a thousand piasters apiece, and see which came back with the most money. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z They could be bought in the markets for a piaster, or less than five cents. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z The Congress is ver' munificent; they keep our piasters in treasury, and pay us grape and canister. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The wages of a European tradesman, in Rio Janeiro, was from I to 2 Spanish piasters a day. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z A workman can make about 150 cigars a day; the rate of pay is about 10 Spanish piasters or duros for 1000. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The youth won a thousand piasters by curing the blind, and later a great sum, besides thirty ships, by healing a very rich man. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z I authorise him to offer fifteen piasters—seventy-five cents. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z By borrowing every piaster which his Americans and Greeks had to lend, Eaton succeeded in raising six hundred and seventy-three dollars, and with this the camel-drivers were apparently content. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z The flour brought from foreign smugglers at five or six piasters a barrel, was sold at his time at thirty-five and more! The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Cordage made by steam power of the various dimensions, from half to one inch thick, sells at 25, and from one to five inches thick, at 10, piasters per picul. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z In Gypsy a youth gives his last twelve piasters for the release of a corpse, which is being maltreated by Jews. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z The pound gained 1 piaster to 5.96 to the dollar in the same period. Egypt Prevails Over Banks as Borrowing Costs Drop: Arab Credit 2011-07-11T03:23:31Z They give the prices of their goods and render their accounts in Egyptian piasters, or in napoleons and francs; they refuse to comprehend shillings and pounds. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu I invested my last piaster in an olive wood paper cutter. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 The rabbi must of course confirm the dissolution of the bond, and thirty piasters is the price. Oriental Women The man gave him a thousand piasters more, and told him to buy an ape in a town hard by. The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story 2012-04-11T02:00:32.697Z Here I presented each of my escort with a small bundle of piasters. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant "I will not give away another piaster," exclaimed a lady whose purse had been drawn upon frequently during our tramp. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Allah! was kept up until we landed near our Rameses III, and until we had filled well the bag with piasters that was handed around. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 The very recently coined liang, or tael, the Mexican piaster specially minted for the Chinese market, and the other foreign coins, have not yet penetrated from the coast. Across Asia on a Bicycle On one occasion the Armenian lent the Jew the sum of twenty-five thousand piasters, and after the usual verbal acknowledgment the Armenian made his entry. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales It is said that as much as ten thousand piasters has been paid for the privilege of first receiving the holy fire, which is believed to ensure eternal salvation. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant But, alas! how our hopes were frustrated: the vessels did not bring us a single piaster. Adventures in the Philippine Islands With the cooling draught, we are presented with a tiny bunch of flowers, for which we return a few piasters. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 On the whole we found them good-natured and companionable fellows, notwithstanding their interest in baksheesh which we were compelled at last, in self-defense, to fix at one piaster an hour. Across Asia on a Bicycle A certain Chepdji, plying his trade, had, in the course of five years of assiduous labor, amassed, to him, the no unimportant sum of five hundred piasters. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales But if you go to buy anything you get so confused as to the different worth of a piaster that your head turns. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife It was not the loss of our piasters that distressed us the most, but the necessity we were in to abandon, or at least to postpone, our journey to France. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Kermanshah is absolutely destroyed, and the governor, a grandson of the king, is reported to have collected from the property of the dead five lacs of piasters. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 O my Father, what sort of a mother is she who would sell two of her children to the devil for a few hundred piasters? The Book of Khalid Poor Hassan, without a piaster in his pocket, and dressed in the rude costume of his native province, began his weary journey homeward on foot. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales More pretentious establishments charge twenty paras, while a giddy few rise to a piaster—not quite five cents—or a piaster and a half. All About Coffee The pardon accorded by the queen signified the grace shown to the young man, who was accepted with his eighty piasters only. Adventures in the Philippine Islands One of the butchers, near the Meidan, who was detected yesterday, selling meat for three piasters, was instantly hanged. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 And her husband, ever since he emigrated to America, did not send a single piaster or even write a letter. The Book of Khalid He counted the gold and found that it was exactly one thousand piasters. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales Donkey Coffee Transport on the Way from Harar to Dire-Daoua There, a brokerage charge of one piaster per bag is paid by the buyer, and the coffee then becomes the property of the European merchant. All About Coffee Should the future mother-in-law accept, the young lover is admitted, and then his future mother-in-law is sure to go and spend the very same piaster in betel and cocoa-wine. Adventures in the Philippine Islands I had done a good day's work, señor; since she is worth to me the hundred thousand piasters which you are about to pay me. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love “An alm of a few gold pieces,” says he, “will remove the obstacle; the unlawfulness of your marriage resulting from consanguinity will cease on payment of five hundred piasters.” The Book of Khalid But they often had to lament the ever-increasing difficulties they encountered in procuring the few piasters they needed daily for bread and the tavern. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales Rosanette presented herself, attired in a pink satin vest with white cashmere trousers, a necklace of piasters, and a red cap encircled with a branch of jasmine. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man The young men never make their appearance till the piaster has been accepted, because in that case they look upon it as being the first and most essential step towards their marriage. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The Jew Samuel kept the hundred thousand piasters he had received, and continued his usuries at the expense of the Limanian nobles. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love The old woman thereupon enters the chapel, pays the priest or serving-monk therein, one hundred piasters for thirty masses, and goes away in tears. The Book of Khalid The chief was taken to the slave market, and the highest sum bid for him was five hundred piasters. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales Once more both towns were plundered of every bale of merchandise and of every piaster, and once more both were ransomed until everything was squeezed from the wretched inhabitants. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Permission to enter is freely accorded to persons of rank, and others can purchase permission of the principal eunuchs for about fifteen piasters. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Sarah constantly manifested toward him a haughty indifference; but he cared not for it, considering her as an article of sale, for which he had paid a hundred thousand piasters. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love “Why,” exclaims Khalid, “I can build a house for five hundred piasters.” The Book of Khalid Think of it," said the Hodja to himself, "one thousand piasters! Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales Ever see a single piaster of profit made out of a dead Indian unless you could sell his hair? A Virginia Scout With every piaster that I spend, I think about how she would do the same or otherwise. Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) "Master Samuel, there is one thing which you do not enough remember, that I pay you for the hand of Sarah a hundred thousand piasters." The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love Are they not hazarded, sold by your Church for five hundred piasters? The Book of Khalid People thought the sign very clever, customers came, the young Hodja took in many piasters and he was correspondingly happy. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales But Iskender knew that it was of the cheapest: the whole feast had not cost his uncle ten piasters. The Valley of the Kings In this war Russia lost two hundred thousand men, and the Turks three hundred and thirty thousand, besides expending two hundred and fifty millions of piasters. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges What would have appeared inexplicable to the public, was the hundred thousand piasters, the price of her hand; but this bargain was secret. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love Then very modestly he held out his hand for buckshish, and I thought him entitled to two or three piasters.... Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 "Ah, welcome," said the Cadi, "so you are going already!" and immediately ordered the treasurer to pay the five hundred piasters to the Chepdji. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales A few pearls may escape him, especially if he is temporarily blinded by the glare of several piasters; but the pearl industry is taxed for about all that it is worth. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania I gave her a double piaster, and asked for its value in blue glass armlets. The Gypsies "I must have thirty thousand piasters within an hour." The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love As a glass of water, with a handful of millet, was but a poor dinner for famished people, my father bought two kids, which they would not give him under twenty piasters. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. The Caiquedjis, striving for custom, cry at the top of their voices: "I am bound for Haskeuy; I can take another man; my fare is a piaster!" Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales I really would not have believed it, for it seems that twenty thousand piasters is too large a sum for the pleasure of a poniard thrust—in the arm too! The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 No person shall cause to be given, at once, more than thirty lashes to his slave, under penalty of fifty piasters, but the same may be repeated, if necessary, within an interval of one day. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 To complete the thirty thousand piasters which I need, you will take a mortgage on this house. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love The price of the reference edition was fixed at ten piasters, and of the pocket edition at five, or about forty and twenty cents, which placed them within reach of nearly all who could read. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. The eunuch was taken to the slave market, and the highest price bid for him was fifty piasters. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales It had once been an imposing structure, costing the Jesuits forty thousand piasters. Old Kaskaskia Our piasters they disliked, being ignorant of their value, but sometimes received them for fowls, vegetables, butter, and meat, and for durra, but for wheat they demanded dollars. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy The necklace is worth a hundred thousand piasters, is it not, Mansour? McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Steps are therefore being taken to induce the Sultan to accept a smaller sum, but the chances are that his success in securing Thessaly will make Abdul Hamid refuse to take a piaster less. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 44, September 9, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The Hodja was very happy; for now he was the creditor in Allah's books for one thousand piasters. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales When it is thoroughly smoke-seasoned, I expect the Grand Turk will give me a million piasters for it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 At this last station I was lucky enough to purchase a small kid at the enormous price of twelve piasters, the first meat we had eaten for four days. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy The Turkish piaster was formerly worth twenty-five cents: it is now worth only about eight cents. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader It contains a ruby, though you don’t see it, worth fully five hundred piasters—if I could find a customer for it.” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance "Effendim, it cost me two hundred piasters, and I sold it for two hundred piasters." Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales Here is a piaster for you for having thought of it.' Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 All around you you might hear much hard swearing in favor of the most palpable lies; the seller in favor of his goods, and the buyer in favor of his Egyptian piasters. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy He rose, and taking a piaster from his girdle, put it into the hand of the Banian, who laid it before the judge. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader “I am greatly obliged to you but all I require at present is about five hundred piasters, in hard money.” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance The Chacham protested, offering first small bribes, then larger and larger, till ultimately he promised to bring to the worthy captain one hundred and ten thousand piasters for allowing the funeral to proceed. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales The flight of a wealthy family shall be punished with a fine of 1000 piasters, and that of a poor family with two months' imprisonment. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 She has paid many piasters for the coming here. White Shadows in the South Seas He had been at the war department, and was told he could have the six months' pay which was due him if he would take it in piasters. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 At the time in question, “piaster” was a word often used as an equivalent for “dollar,” both in the “Gulf ports” and the West Indies. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance A passing thought suggested that it was strange that of late his wife had asked him several times for a few extra piasters. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales We don't want him to think we hurried away because we were annoyed by anything, or because the national debt was so many rupees or piasters, or because child labor in Switzerland is----. Mince Pie The mutoi walked up and down in front of the hotel, but he would not bother her son as long as her son could get a few piasters now and then to hand to him. White Shadows in the South Seas Paper rupees were almost everywhere as readily accepted as silver, but paper liras and piasters were soon of so little value that they were no longer in circulation. War in the Garden of Eden It was against such a danger that she had long ago stolen a garden key, a key to the outer world in which she had neither a friend nor a piaster to save her.... The Fortieth Door This statement having been proved by producing the deed in question, and the tithe-collector who had given it to the Imam for two hundred piasters, the Jew was acquitted. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales The Rajah will probably buy jewelry for one hundred thousand piasters in preference to investing his money in a factory, a mill, or a farm. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle The woman was rich, and would not miss a trifling sum, five or ten piasters a month for the mutoi. White Shadows in the South Seas "Fifty thousand piasters!" he squeaked, tottering about the room on his short weak legs and wringing his hands, so that he looked like a fat dog walking on his hind feet. Overland You're here to administer financial justice, the middle, the high, and the low; your soul is with piasters, not the past. The Fortieth Door What troubled him was, that after having carefully provided for all the expenses of this long journey there still remained a few hundred piasters over and above. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales The Turks had demanded of their tribe the exorbitant ransom of 150,000 piasters, of which one third had actually been offered. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle He demands three piasters for his Alfieri, which he offers for sale and which is said to be as large as his Galvani. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes "Can it be possible that you, a man worth millions of piasters, an exalted ruler, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, have deliberately chosen this waspy, weedy——" "Let up!" said Mr. Pike sharply. The Slim Princess Then the two knights had to be removed to a sick-room and infirmary, for they needed a doctor and piaster to cure their wounds. Four Arthurian Romances The Jew brought out his books and showed the Armenian that he was both credited and debited with the sum of twenty-five thousand piasters. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales The Turk sulkily throws him the money saying that thirty thousand piasters are an unheard of price for a horse. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q My suggestion, subject to your approval, is this: in any case we give a thousand piasters, ten pounds. It Happened in Egypt They brought to the King the piaster which gave Erec great relief. Four Arthurian Romances The twelve windows, by which it is lighted, but which the observer below cannot perceive, are ornamented with coupled piasters, resting on a continued pedestal. Paris as It Was and as It Is Twelve years ago the Spanish dollar was worth seven piasters; today it is bought for twenty-one. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Those included in the third category shall be sentenced to a fine of from twenty-five to one thousand piasters or to one year's imprisonment, according to the gravity of the offense. Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 But what we had heard was interesting enough to be worth the promised thousand piasters, and the fare north on the government boat just starting. It Happened in Egypt "You and your horse, then, two piasters a day, and you feed yourself and the beast." The Eye of Zeitoon But I think it is a trifle weak and I am torn between the desire of gaining a few piasters and the shame of showing such a piece of folly. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters "One thousand piasters, excellency," answered the agent, with profound respect. The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus The Porte then, in the course of the next eight months, will pay us the sum of twenty thousand purses, each containing five hundred silver piasters. Joseph II. and His Court I kept them away because you would have given me a hundred piasters for what had not been worth one. Under Two Flags I—we—I and my men—we steal a cartridge sooner than a piaster—a rifle sooner than a thousand roubles! The Eye of Zeitoon The unbelievers, who called themselves Christians, came, therefore, with a cross on their arms, and a cross on their banners, conquered El-Kahera, and levied a tribute of many millions of piasters. Mohammed Ali and His House "A thousand piasters," repeated the monarch, again gazing at the slave. The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus "Ten millions of piasters!" exclaimed Binder, with uplifted hands. Joseph II. and His Court Well, here it is; you can take it to him; and you will receive the piasters, and the horses, and the arms that he has promised to whoever shall slay me. Under Two Flags Let's hope they ride back to the consul and swear they haven't received one piaster of their pay. The Eye of Zeitoon "But if I am your servant—if I must obey you for two piasters a day, how shall I serve my nation?" The Eye of Zeitoon "One thousand piasters," said his competitor, as he continued to regard her exquisite and beautiful mould, and her features, so like a picture, in their regular and artistic lines of beauty. The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus With the exception of the ten millions of piasters, which are terrene and tangible. Joseph II. and His Court "A thousand piasters," repeated the vender of the slave market, turning once more to the officer, then added, as he received no encouraging sign from him, "a thousands piasters, and sold!" The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus |
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