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

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Example Sentences

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rix-dollar

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 Robert Kerr

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 Robert Kerr

The bailiff is an honest man; when we slip a rix-dollar into his fist, he'll swear to his lordship that we can't pay our rent.

From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Ludvig Holberg, Baron

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 Louis Couperus

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 Gustav Freytag

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