silver dollar
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- noun
- /ˈsɪlvər ˈdɑːlər/
- Archaic
:
dólar de plata
- He found a rare silver dollar from 1921 in his grandfather's old coin collection.
- silver dollar coin
- size of a silver dollar
- pile of silver dollars
We get blisters like the size of silver dollars, man, on the bottoms of our feet, on our toes, But we just keep going.
- We get blisters like the size of silver dollars, man, on the bottoms of our feet, on our toes, But we just keep going.
- I've got, I've got silver dollars, blood holes through the middle of them, got old Geiger counters, explosives, plungers.
Examples
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Peggy told me once her daddy gave her a silver dollar each year for her birthday until she was ten—when he died.
Fiction book (2000) -
If you like, I can pay for him now with hard silver dollars.
Fiction book (2002) -
What are you gonna do with all those silver dollars?
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Those were silver dollars, my friend.
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A couple of silver dollars came my way today...
Fiction book (1990) -
I used to collect silver dollars when I was a kid.
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Every year after that when we made straight "A's," she used to give us each a silver dollar.
Fiction book (2000) -
When I gave you the silver dollar, I forgot to give you the contents of this envelope.
Fiction book (1990) -
He gave each of us a silver dollar.
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They gave me the silver dollar.
Synonyms
A silver American dollar coin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a dollar coin made of silver' is directly and compositionally derived from 'silver' (the metal) + 'dollar' (a one-dollar coin), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound's meaning. This noun–noun compounding pattern is common cross-linguistically for coin names and follows transparent semantic composition, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Silver dollar comes from the old coins that were made of silver and were worth 'one dollar'. That's why the term now refers to 'a coin worth one dollar', the old silver coins collectors like.