cartwheel
9.9
A silver American dollar coin
- noun
- /ˈkɑrtˌwiːl/
- Archaic
:
dólar de plata (EE. UU., arcaico)
- In the old west, a single cartwheel could buy a hearty meal for a family.
Examples
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2 million cartwheels!
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He tossed a cartwheel on the counter, which surprised the cashier.
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During the festival, I found a shiny cartwheel hidden in the hay.
Synonyms
9
3.7
A coin worth one dollar made of silver often kept by collectors
is an informal US slang name used for the same coin
Surface Forms
cartwheel singular
cartwheels plural
Morphology
Etymology
Cartwheel (slang for a silver dollar) comes from comparing the coin to a big cart's wheel because the coin is round and heavy, a helpful way to remember this old nickname. So people sometimes call old silver dollars 'cartwheels'.