goldpiece
See also: gold piece
English
Noun
goldpiece (plural goldpieces)
- (nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of gold piece
- Conrad Aiken, Strange Moonlight in 1992, Hugh Ruppersburg, Goergia Voices, University of Georgia Press, page 169:
- He coveted the goldpiece, and thought that it would be easy to steal it.
- 2004 (originally 1958), Harry Stephen Keeler, The Straw Hat Murders, 2nd Ramble House edition, Ramble House, page 15:
- For he slid the goldpiece deftly into the box, without touching it.
- 2008, Joseph Hunt, Alan Adams, Blue Dharma: The Story of Anaiyailla, Blue Dharma Press, page 345:
- I think another goldpiece would suffice.
- Conrad Aiken, Strange Moonlight in 1992, Hugh Ruppersburg, Goergia Voices, University of Georgia Press, page 169:
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