rix-dollar
Americannoun
noun
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
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His Majesty was as severe and economical in his friendships as in the other charges of his establishment, and as unlikely to give a rix-dollar too much for his guests as for his dinners.
From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 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 Couperus, Louis
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
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 Holberg, Ludvig, baron
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
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