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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Almighty Dollar Washington Irving first made use of this expression, in his sketch of a "Creole Village" (1837). "The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land. ..." - W. Irving: Wolfert's Roost, Creole Village, p. 40. Ben Jonson speaks of "almighty gold." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Money | Noun: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets;(property); wealth; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Almighty Dollar (1916) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Andrew Carnegie | I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. |
Washington Irving | The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
Expression using "ALMIGHTY DOLLAR": the almighty dollar. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "ALMIGHTY DOLLAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 黄金万能 (the almighty dollar). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おう""ば"のう (the almighty dollar). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | almightyay ollarday büyük güç olan para (the almighty dollar). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-h-i-l-l-l-m-o-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: maladroitly. | |
-5 letters: admiralty, algorithm, alligator, amorality, armadillo, gladiator, logarithm, maladroit, maritally, martially, tamarillo, thralldom, thyroidal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-g-h-i-l-l-l-m-o-r-t-y" | |
+4 letters: hydrometallurgical. | |
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| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Images: Slideshow 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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