rix-dollar

American  

[riks-dol-er] / ˈrɪksˌdɒl ər /

noun

1. any of various silver coins, as the Danish rigsdaler, the Dutch rijksdaalder, or the German reichsthaler, of about equal value.

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rix-dollar British  

/ ˈrɪksˌdɒlə /

noun

1. Also called: rijksdaaler.   rigsdaler.  any of various former Scandinavian or Dutch small silver coins

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Etymology

Origin of rix-dollar

1590–1600; partial translation of obsolete Dutch rijksdaler ( cf. rijksdaalder); cognate with German Reichstaler reichsthaler, Danish rigsdaler rigsdaler

Example Sentences

And Eva thought it heart-rending, this living on a rix-dollar a week, with four children, in a house which let in the rain, so that it was impossible to cook there.

From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Couperus, Louis

Ibsen was now beginning, rather shyly, very craftily, to invest money; he even found himself in frequent straits for ready coin from his acute impatience to set every rix-dollar breeding.

From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund

He tapped her on the shoulder and gave her a rix-dollar and asked her if she knew where Si-Oudijck was, because his brother wished to see him.

From The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java by Couperus, Louis

Martin was detained and carried to Batavia, where he was confined for life on an allowance of a rix-dollar a-day.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

The dollar, adopted from the Spanish rix-dollar, itself derived from the German thaler, is by law a coin of 412-½ grains of silver nine-tenths fine.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson