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 ( rijksdaalder ); cognate with German Reichstaler reichsthaler, Danish rigsdaler rigsdaler

Example Sentences

In return for which courtesy Slyne bestowed upon him a doubtful rix-dollar and a few words in fluent Italian concerning the Olive Branch—words which would not improve Captain Dove's prospects of an early departure from Genoa, but might, conversely, increase by a little his own scanty time-allowance in that desperate bout with fortune to which he had committed himself.

From Project Gutenberg

Rix-dollar, riks′-dol′ar, n. the rigs-daler of Denmark, &c.

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I took them off and gave them to them, except one small ring which I wore on the last joint of my little finger, and which could not be worth more than a rix-dollar, this I begged to be allowed to keep.

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He had given me a book which I still have; it is ‘St. Augustini Manuali;’ the Statholder Gabel had bought it, as he said more than once, protesting by God that it had cost the Herr Statholder a rix-dollar.

From Project Gutenberg

A good ox may be bought in Norway for three rix-dollars; a female reindeer for one rix-dollar; a castrated male for from twelve to eighteen dollars, silver coin; and a fawn is worth from twelve to eighteen dollars of copper money.

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