单词 | holey dollar |
释义 | > as lemmasholey (erron. holy) dollar b. holey (erron. holy) dollar, a Spanish dollar out of which a dump had been punched (see dump n.2 b), formerly current in parts of Australia. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Australian coins ring dollar1828 holey (erron. holy) dollar1857 Australian nugget1986 1857 D. Bunce Australasiatic Remin. 59 Our first change for a pound consisted of two dumps, two holy dollars, one Spanish dollar, one French coin [etc.]. 1883 Numism. Chron. 3rd Ser. 3 119 These coins popularly called ‘holey dollars’ are extremely scarce. < as lemmas |
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