quarter dollar

quarter dollar ExamplesWord Origin noun

Origin of quarter dollar An Americanism dating back to 1785–95 Examples from the Web for quarter dollar Historical Examples of quarter dollar

Spread this paste on your leather, to about the thickness of a quarter-dollar.

Eliza Leslie

However, they deducted the quarter-dollar from Tailor Vertz’s share.

Various

Well, we must try to do without Snoddy’s other quarter-dollar.

Eliza Leslie

Glad to recover the squealing little wanderers at any cost, I gave each lying child a quarter-dollar.

Louis Becke

When it comes to two bits, the quarter-dollar stands for the required amount.

Robert Louis Stevenson