sandwich coin

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noun

a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.

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Origin of sandwich coin

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby sandwich coin

Sandwell, sandwich, sandwich beam, sandwich board, sandwich cake, sandwich coin, sandwich compound, sandwich course, sandwich generation, Sandwich glass, Sandwich Islands

How to use sandwich coin in a sentence

Asteroids, at the moment I am writing, is the most popular coin-operated game—video, pinball, or other—in the United States.
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Myers had been out on bail in a gun case, but his family claimed he was unarmed and holding only a sandwich in his hand.
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Some of the things Lawrence had to alter from the book involved President Coin, played by Julianne Moore.
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Americans want to do something about this coin-operated government.
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“When you fired your arrow at the force field, you electrified a nation,” President Coin (Julianne Moore) tells her.
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It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Edward Montague, earl of Sandwich, drowned in the confusion of the battle of Southwold bay.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
"But—but—oh, tell me," and then he became silent and looked away, raising the sandwich to his mouth mechanically.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Louis of France, at the invitation of the rebel English barons, crossed the channel with 680 sail, and landed at Sandwich.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
A bezant was a gold coin, originally struck at Byzantium, whence the name.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer