Dollar

:{{Alternateuses}}

Synonyms

• The word buck, possibly an abbreviation from buckskin, an intrinsic 'currency' for trade with American Indians known since 1746, has been recorded since 1856.
• The latter term, skin, is also used as a synonym
• related? squaw money
• Greenback simply describes the traditional (remarkably invariable) design
• incorrect (but see history), is the use of specific other currencies : pesopiaster, shekel,
• smacker, smackeroo,
• simoleans
• other (mostly more general terms for physical money) : ace, bank note, bill, bone, cartwheel, certificate, clam, cucumber, currency, fish, folding money, frog, iron man, legal tender, note, one-spot, single, year, bread