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si⋅mo⋅le⋅on

  [suh-moh-lee-uhn]
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–noun Slang.
a dollar.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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si·mo·le·on   (sĭ-mō'lē-ən)   
n.   Slang
A dollar.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
simoleon [sɪˈmoliən]

  1. n.
    a dollar. (Underworld.) : For only one simoleon, you get a ticket to the greatest show on earth.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

simoleon 
slang for "a dollar," 1895, Amer.Eng., of unknown origin; related sambolio is attested from 1886.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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