silver dollar
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Noun
[edit]silver dollar (plural silver dollars)
- (US) A dollar coin, whether made from silver or not.
- In Las Vegas, many of the slot machines use silver dollars.
- 1970, “Midnight Rider”, performed by The Allman Brothers Band:
- And the road goes on forever / And I've got one more silver dollar / But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
- (US) A small pancake.
- Alice went to the diner and ordered a stack of silver dollars with butter and blueberry syrup.
- Several species of tropical freshwater fish of the genus Metynnis, of the family Characidae or Serrasalmidae, of which Metynnis argenteus is one; popular for aquariums; so named from their shape and flashing silver color.
Hyponyms
[edit]- macaroni (Caribbean, historical, quarter clipped silver dollar)
Further reading
[edit]silver dollar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Metynnis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies