coin
noun
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
coiner
-
a word derived from
coin.
Example Sentences
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One imagines the subject himself — the “Me decade” coiner with the “Me” career — wondering why there isn’t more Wolfe in “Radical Wolfe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
They, in turn, were introduced by a series of endorsers including Greenwood City Councilwoman Edith Childs, the famous coiner of the Obama campaign’s “Fired up! Ready to go!” call-and-response.
From Slate ● Feb. 29, 2020
After the war, President Grover Cleveland appointed him coiner at the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2016
Comment of the Week goes to the coiner of the term “suitcase material,” which may well be the best new addition to the espionage lexicon.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2015
His fastball would come down and in on the inside coiner.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
