Pay down the money. A dub is an Anglo-Indian coin, hence “down with your dubs,” money down. A “doubloon” is a double pistole.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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