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

2

: silver dollar plant

Examples of silver dollar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Unlike dimes or quarters, many silver dollars carry collector (numismatic) value that can significantly exceed their melt value. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026

Pacemakers like Sheehy’s are small devices, roughly the size of a silver dollar, placed under the skin. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

The children’s buffet offers chicken tenders, waffle fries, macaroni and cheese, and silver dollar pancakes. — Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for silver dollar

• eurodollar
• caller
• choler
• collar
• crawler
• faller
• haller
• hauler
• holler
• scholar
• smaller
• squalor