Meaning of dollar of the daddies | Babel Free
/ˈdɑlɚ ə(v)ðə ˌdædiz/Definitions
The pre-1873 American silver dollar.
colloquial, obsolete
Examples
“And now irreverent jokers complain that the "Dollar of the Daddies" is below pa.”
“You say that you “want to restore silver"; now let us have the old conditions. “We want the 'dollar of the daddies',” is your cry.”
“Many persons believe that the so-called "dollar of the daddies," weighing 412½ grains (nine tenths fine), having a ratio to gold of "16 to 1" in value when first coined, was the original dollar of the Constitution.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.