Lexicographical Neighbors of Piefort
Literary usage of Piefort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Scottish History Society, Dorset Record Society (1894)
"221) that the Patacón or Patagón was the name ¡n Brabant and Portugal for the
silver dollar—' the word signifies the same as piefort, a heavy foot, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Numismatic Names, Their Official and Popular Designations by Albert Romer Frey (1917)
"piefort, or more properly, Piedfort, means literally any coin struck on an
unusually thick planchet as a trial piece or essay. The designation is applied ..."
3. Paris and Northern France: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1872)
"piefort, Galerie Vivienne 38, 40. Geissler, Rue Chausse'e d'Antin 64; repairs
undertaken. "Wines, see p. 10. Those who desire to despatch their purchases at ..."
4. Women and Men of the French Renaissance by Edith Helen Sichel (1903)
"... point clerc et ne savait A ni B;" or Pierre piefort is killed for stealing Ste.
Genevieve's cup, though the King took, without demur, "three or four ..."
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