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Definition of Pistoles
1. pistole [n] - See also: pistole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pistoles
Literary usage of Pistoles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability from the Time of Pascal to by Isaac Todhunter (1865)
"Thus, if the first player gains, 64 pistoles belong to him, and if he loses, 32
pistoles belong to him. If, then, the players do not wish to play this game, ..."
2. A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by Walter William Rouse Ball (1908)
"without playing it, the first player would say to the second, " I am certain of
32 pistoles even if I lose this game, and as for the other 32 pistoles ..."
3. Report on the Intercolonial Railway Exploratory Survey: Made Under by Sandford Fleming (1865)
"By the beginning of December, a continuous line of levels and other measurements
were made from Trois pistoles to Apohaqui Station, about midway on the ..."
4. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers : a Guide to the Chief by Moses Foster Sweetser (1875)
"Between Bic and Trois pistoles, but not visible from the river, ... Trois pistoles (two
good hotels) is a thriving village of 650 inhabitants, ..."
5. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers : a Guide to the Chief by Moses Foster Sweetser, James R. Osgood and Company (1883)
"It has no name t it will he baptized at a later day." " WaH, then," said the
traveller, "name it Trois pistoles. ..."
6. History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability from the Time of Pascal to by Isaac Todhunter (1865)
"Thus, if the first player gains, 64 pistoles belong to him, and if he loses, 32
pistoles belong to him. If, then, the players do not wish to play this game, ..."
7. A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by Walter William Rouse Ball (1908)
"without playing it, the first player would say to the second, " I am certain of
32 pistoles even if I lose this game, and as for the other 32 pistoles ..."
8. Report on the Intercolonial Railway Exploratory Survey: Made Under by Sandford Fleming (1865)
"By the beginning of December, a continuous line of levels and other measurements
were made from Trois pistoles to Apohaqui Station, about midway on the ..."
9. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers : a Guide to the Chief by Moses Foster Sweetser (1875)
"Between Bic and Trois pistoles, but not visible from the river, ... Trois pistoles (two
good hotels) is a thriving village of 650 inhabitants, ..."
10. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers : a Guide to the Chief by Moses Foster Sweetser, James R. Osgood and Company (1883)
"It has no name t it will he baptized at a later day." " WaH, then," said the
traveller, "name it Trois pistoles. ..."
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