| 释义 |
Dollardom|ˈdɒlədəm|
[f. dollar + -dom.]
A place where the people's main aim is to amass dollars; also, the inhabitants of such a place; rich Americans collectively.
1852Lantern (N.Y.) I. 109/2 My dear Dollardom, listen to a suggestion of Diogenes. 1852Hamilton (Ontario) Gaz. 20 May 3/2 The mercurial Demon of Republicanisms, hath been urging the matrons and maidens of Dollardom to the perpetration of strangely preposterous pranks. 1920Blackw. Mag. Aug. 139/1 Manhattan Dollardom trooped into the Ritz-Carlton carrying flasks. |