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dollar of the daddies

noun
/ˈdɑlɚ ə(v)ðə ˌdædiz/US/ˈdɒlə‿ɹə(v)ðə ˌdadiz/UK

Etymology

A parodic alteration of dollar of the fathers (referring to the Founding Fathers or one's ancestors).

Definitions

  1. The pre-1873 American silver dollar.

    • And now irreverent jokers complain that the "Dollar of the Daddies" is below pa.
    • 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.
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA