Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holey dollar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: ho-ley -dol-lar
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coin used in the early history of Prince Edward Island and New South Wales, made by punching the middle out of a Spanish dollar; the punched-out middle part was used as a smaller coin called a dump.

Inflected Forms

holey dollars (plural)

Questions

What does holey dollar mean?: A coin used in the early history of Prince Edward Island and New South Wales, made by punching the middle out of a Spanish dollar; the punched-out middle part was used as a smaller coin called a dump.

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