beau dollar

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noun South Midland and Southern U.S. Older Use.

a silver dollar.

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Origin of beau dollar

beau perhaps to be identified with beau, but sense is uncertain

It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
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Neither could her three-week, multi-thousand dollar stay, which was supposed to be a recovery period.
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It is a multimillion-dollar business in which roughly 15 million fowl die a year.
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Meanwhile, big dollar advertising campaigns have taken an explicit rainbow-hued slant.
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There may be no entrapped pool of human talent left on earth with the dollar value of Cuban athletes.
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The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
At that time, the postage on letters from that region was very high, sometimes as much as fifty or sixty cents, or even a dollar.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
In the metal of the tenor several coins are visible, one being a Spanish dollar of 1742.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Celuy-cy avoit souvent esvad le danger d'estre noy, et tout fraischement le beau jour de la Pentecoste dernire.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various