Piastres
in example sentence
Accordingly he went back again, and told him roundly that he would not carry him to Venice for less than thirty thousand
piastres
.
More example sentences with word piastres
The skipper asked ten thousand piastres, and Candide agreed to his demand without hestitation.
"Ho, ho!" said the cunning Vanderdendur to himself, "this stranger must be very rich; he agrees to give me ten thousand
piastres
without hesitation."
"Zounds!" said the skipper to himself, "this man agrees to pay twenty thousand
piastres
with as much ease as ten."
"Odso!" said the Dutchman once more to himself, "thirty thousand
piastres
seem a trifle to this man.
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