silver dollar
noun
plural silver dollars
1
: any of various U. S. coins made chiefly of silver and having a face value of one dollar
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A father was baffled when his son arrived home with a silver dollar coin, and took to the internet for help.
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Another time, McCurdy and his gang used dynamite and nitroglycerin to try to snatch $4,000 in silver dollars from a train safe.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
That component, which is about the size of a silver dollar, receives power from a primary coil that sits outside the skin behind the ear, and which stays in place magnetically.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Jan. 2012
The impact left a mark the size of a silver dollar on Kolofa’s back, but the WWII armorer sergeant was otherwise uninjured.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
Here, silver dollar eucalyptus spreads across the tabletop in a festive, unfussy display.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
Use it to flip small items in a pan like silver dollar pancakes, level your cup of flour, or smooth your cake batter in the pan before baking, then again to loosen the cake from the pan after baking.
—Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2024
What was fun for me was to create this symbol out of Bisquick — which starts just in dialogue as the silver dollar pancakes.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
In photos shared by the aquarium, the giant odd-looking fish shaped like a bloated silver dollar appeared to be lying on its side in the sand with its mouth open.
—Joe Sutton, CNN, 8 June 2024
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Another time, McCurdy and his gang used dynamite and nitroglycerin to try to snatch $4,000 in silver dollars from a train safe.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
That component, which is about the size of a silver dollar, receives power from a primary coil that sits outside the skin behind the ear, and which stays in place magnetically.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Jan. 2012
The impact left a mark the size of a silver dollar on Kolofa’s back, but the WWII armorer sergeant was otherwise uninjured.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
Here, silver dollar eucalyptus spreads across the tabletop in a festive, unfussy display.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2024
Use it to flip small items in a pan like silver dollar pancakes, level your cup of flour, or smooth your cake batter in the pan before baking, then again to loosen the cake from the pan after baking.
—Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2024
What was fun for me was to create this symbol out of Bisquick — which starts just in dialogue as the silver dollar pancakes.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
In photos shared by the aquarium, the giant odd-looking fish shaped like a bloated silver dollar appeared to be lying on its side in the sand with its mouth open.
—Joe Sutton, CNN, 8 June 2024
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“Silver dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20dollar. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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