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

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rix-dollar

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

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 Kerr, Robert

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

It was a sum of money, that had been weighed, rix-dollar by rix-dollar, against the blood of Gustavus.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.

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