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  • noun Plural form of franco.

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Examples

  • Firuz was soon frightened when he saw such a small band of Christians and, apprehensive that he and our soldiers be captured by the Turks, exclaimed, “Micho francos echome;” which means “We have few Franks.”

    De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The Battle for Antioch in the First Crusade (1097-98) according to Peter Tudebode 2009

  • Un hombre muy estimado en su barrio ha sido degollado en pleno día el asesino el vagabundo le robó dos francos es decir un café con gotas de ron cero franco setenta dos rebanadas de pan con manteca

    veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008

  • Accedió á nuestra propuesta de buenas á buenas y de buenas á primeras nos depositó la suma de 1,000 francos.

    Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano

  • Foram levantados 200 milhões de francos suíços R$ 386,7 milhões , em uma emissão de 5 anos e meio, com um cupom de 2.75% ao ano, o menor custo para uma emissão brasileira de mais de cinco anos no exterior.

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2011

  • Who thinks Iggy's going to be surrounded by proud unashamed Canada-is-a-nation federalist francos, and who thinks Pablo's & Fragasso's ilk will be ascendant?

    Liblogs.ca latest blog entries 2009

  • Who thinks Iggy's going to be surrounded by proud unashamed Canada-is-a-nation federalist francos, and who thinks Pablo's & Fragasso's ilk will be ascendant?

    Liblogs.ca latest blog entries 2009

  • In La Presse, columnist Vincent Marissal puts paid to the whole notion of this being a war between Toronto anglos and Québec francos:

    Dr Roy's Thoughts 2009

  • Muslims, anglos, francos, grandmothers and children walked together yesterday in the bitter cold to call for an immediate ceasefire in [Gaza], "noted the Montréal Gazette.

    Tadamon! 2009

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