"goldback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: goldbacks [plural]
Etymology: From gold + back. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gold|back}} gold + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} goldback (plural goldbacks)
  1. A unit of the Goldback currency system containing 1/1000th of a troy ounce of pure gold Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-goldback-en-noun-kqOZ2Uzu Disambiguation of Money: 27 29 20 25 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 33 13 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 18 27
  2. (countable, US, slang, historical) A kind of gold certificate with an orange back. Tags: US, countable, historical, slang Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: yellow boy
    Sense id: en-goldback-en-noun-m3Rn1vRn Disambiguation of Money: 27 29 20 25 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 37 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 33 13 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 18 27
  3. Any member of species Pentagramma triangularis of ferns. Categories (topical): Money
    Sense id: en-goldback-en-noun-lHzHHyVH Disambiguation of Money: 27 29 20 25 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 33 13 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 18 27
  4. Any member of genus Pityrogramma of ferns. Categories (topical): Money Categories (lifeform): Ferns
    Sense id: en-goldback-en-noun-ba1GZmd0 Disambiguation of Money: 27 29 20 25 Disambiguation of Ferns: 16 18 29 36 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 33 13 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 18 27

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