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

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

I would have paid a rix-dollar admission if she had been exhibited for money.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno

A common punishment costs the master a rix-dollar, and a severe one a ducatoon, about six shillings and eight-pence.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert

Go and live at the Hague; join the Charity Organization Society ... with a collecting-box at your door and a rix-dollar ... how often?”

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

He considered it an especial piece of good fortune, when he had once to perform the funeral of a distinguished noble, for then he got a good old rix-dollar, and a quarter of corn.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav