doubloon
- n a former Spanish gold coin
- Last week Yale offered the doubloon for sale, and within four days it was snapped up for $650,000.
- When Captain Ahab, in his relentless pursuit of Moby Dick, had a doubloon nailed to the mast of the Pequod, each member of his crew saw reflected in it a different meaning.
- The result is that the tavern is crammed with doubloon-seekers in no time at all.