simoleon
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- noun
- /sɪˈmoʊliən/
- Archaic
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simoleón
- He was surprised when he found out that his old video game collection was worth over a thousand simoleons.
- worth a million simoleons
- million simoleons
- give simoleons
Look, now we have a massive, massive bag of simoleons in our house.
- Look, now we have a massive, massive bag of simoleons in our house.
Examples
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Get a tray for these two great big important simoleons here.
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Look, now we have a massive, massive bag of simoleons in our house.
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"I have to go down and give away some Simoleons," the CEO says, "but after that, you and I need to have a talk."
Fiction book (1995) -
Still a lot of simoleons.
Blog text (2) -
Anyway, this guy... got away with a zillion simoleons.
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Four dollars a box is 580 simoleons.
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Who guesses closest and earliest on the jelly beans wins the Simoleons.
Fiction book (1995) -
"We're talking Simoleons—the smart, hip new currency of the Metaverser."
Fiction book (1995) -
The promotion dished out its standard post-fight monetary bonuses to four out of the 24 fighters on the card, and it's probably no surprise who's headed home with a second sack of simoleons.
Blog text (17) -
After saving for months, I finally have enough simoleons to buy the new gaming console.
Synonyms
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1.0
Money in the form of coins and bills
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A slang word for money
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8.6
An informal word for money that people use
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Informal name for money used to buy things
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9.2
An informal word for money
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Money in the form of cash or paper bills
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Money you use to buy things
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9.9
A slang word for money, often cash
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9.0
An informal, playful word for money from Spanish
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9.9
Money you can hold, like bills or coins
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9.9
Informal word for money, often meaning cash
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9.9
Money in cash that people use to buy things
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An informal name for money someone has to spend
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An informal word for money
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Cash or coins that someone has
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A large amount of cash kept for spending
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Small amounts of money
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An informal word for money
A playful word children use to mean money
Paper money and coins that you can spend
Money that people use to buy things
Informal British word for money, especially cash
Surface Forms
Etymology
Simoleon is old American slang for a 'dollar' or 'money'. No one is sure where the word first came from, but a helpful way to remember it is to think of it as a playful name people used for cash, which is why today it simply means 'money'.