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British dollar

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noun

  1. any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar.


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The British dollar of 416 grains is the principal coin.

From Project Gutenberg

The British dollar crisis seriously affected Western Europe's hesitant start toward economic integration.

From Time Magazine Archive

In real life, boarding the Mauretania en route to the Washington conference on the British dollar crisis, Ministers Bevin and Cripps tried to be less doleful.

From Time Magazine Archive

The result was a run on the British dollar supply.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Cecil Weir, chairman of the British Dollar Export Board, even hustled over to ECA's Washington office to protest that Seattle had discriminated against Ferranti.

From Time Magazine Archive