dol

¹

[ dohl ]

noun

1. a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.

DOL

²

1. Department of Labor.

dol.

³

abbreviation for

1. Music. dolce.
2. dollar.

dol.

¹

abbreviation for

1. music dolce
2. dols dollar

dol

²

/ dɒl /

noun

1. a unit of pain intensity, as measured by dolorimetry

Word History and Origins

Origin of dol¹

1945–50; < Latin dol ( or ) pain

Word History and Origins

Origin of dol¹

C20: by shortening, from Latin dolor pain

Example Sentences

He guesses again, and recklessly: "Dix dollars par semaine; you know—ten dol-lar ever-y week."

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No; its the shorts and bears whats got the dol—hic—lar—tremens.

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A doub-loon is a gold coin of Spain, worth not quite 16 dol-lars.

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Dol then had in his employ an uncle, who was a rather mysterious individual, and who proved to be a French anarchist.

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A man in those days worth thirty thousand dol- lars was not a pauper.

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