figurative. U.S. slang. A dollar; = frogskin n. (a) at frog, n.1 adj.compounds 2a.
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释义 | society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > a dollar (22) skin1834 figurative. U.S. slang. A dollar; = frogskin n. (a) at frog, n.1 adj.compounds 2a. rock1837 In figurative or allusive uses. U.S. slang. A piece of money, spec. a dollar. In early use chiefly in a pocketful of rocks: a large amount of… buck1856 A dollar. scad1856 A dollar. Usually plural in sense ‘money’. simoleon1881 A dollar. plunk1885 slang. North American. A dollar. Now rare. clam1886 An American dollar. slug1887 U.S. slang. A dollar; a counterfeit coin; a token. bone1889 North American slang. A dollar. plunker1890 U.S. slang. A dollar. Cf. plunk, n. 1b. Now rare. ace1900 U.S. slang. A dollar; a one-dollar bill. sinker1900 slang. A base or counterfeit coin. Also: a shilling; (U.S.) a silver dollar. Now rare. Oxford1902 slang (now chiefly Australian). Short for Oxford scholar n. at compounds 2. Now rare. caser1907 U.S. A dollar. Now rare. iron man1907 slang. Cf. iron, n.1 2c. U.S. A dollar. Cf. man, n.1 30. man1910 U.S. slang. A dollar. berry1918 slang (U.S.). A dollar; also (in U.K.), a pound. Usually in plural. Hence the berries: an excellent person or thing; ‘the cat's whiskers’. fish1920 U.S. slang. A dollar. smacker1920 slang (originally U.S.). A coin or note of money; spec. a dollar; a pound. Oxford scholar1937 a dollar (in early use, a crown, five shillings; cf. dollar, n. 4b). loonie1987 The Canadian one-dollar coin introduced in 1987; also, transferred, the Canadian dollar. Subcategories:— number of (1) |
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