"dollar of the daddies" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɑlɚ ə(v)ðə ˌdædiz/ [General-American], /ˈdɒlə‿ɹə(v)ðə ˌdadiz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: dollars of the daddies [plural]
Etymology: A parodic alteration of dollar of the fathers (referring to the Founding Fathers or one's ancestors). Head templates: {{en-noun|dollars of the daddies}} dollar of the daddies (plural dollars of the daddies)
  1. (obsolete, colloquial) The pre-1873 American silver dollar. Wikipedia link: Founding Fathers of the United States Tags: colloquial, obsolete Categories (topical): Coins Synonyms: dollar of our daddies
    Sense id: en-dollar_of_the_daddies-en-noun-2vc6eTHP Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1877, “Currency”, in American Journal of Numismatics, volume XIII, Boston Numismatic Society, page 108:",
          "text": "And now irreverent jokers complain that the \"Dollar of the Daddies\" is below pa.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, “Appendix”, in Congressional Record: containing the procedures and debates of the Fifty-Fourth Congress, First Session, volume XXVIII, Government Printing Office, page 127:",
          "text": "You say that you “want to restore silver\"; now let us have the old conditions. “We want the 'dollar of the daddies',” is your cry.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1898 September 5, Alexander E. Outerbridge Jr., “Curiosities of American Coinage”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 53, D. Appleton & Company, page 601:",
          "text": "Many persons believe that the so-called \"dollar of the daddies,\" weighing 412½ grains (nine tenths fine), having a ratio to gold of \"16 to 1\" in value when first coined, was the original dollar of the Constitution.",
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        "Founding Fathers of the United States"
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          "ref": "1877, “Currency”, in American Journal of Numismatics, volume XIII, Boston Numismatic Society, page 108:",
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        {
          "ref": "1896, “Appendix”, in Congressional Record: containing the procedures and debates of the Fifty-Fourth Congress, First Session, volume XXVIII, Government Printing Office, page 127:",
          "text": "You say that you “want to restore silver\"; now let us have the old conditions. “We want the 'dollar of the daddies',” is your cry.",
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        {
          "ref": "1898 September 5, Alexander E. Outerbridge Jr., “Curiosities of American Coinage”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 53, D. Appleton & Company, page 601:",
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        "(obsolete, colloquial) The pre-1873 American silver dollar."
      ],
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        "Founding Fathers of the United States"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɒlə‿ɹə(v)ðə ˌdadiz/",
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    {
      "word": "dollar of our daddies"
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}

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