Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that exchanges money, as from one currency to another.
- noun A machine that holds and dispenses coins.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
money changer .
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Examples
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The second shows the moneychanger in a hat that would have been a hundred years out of date when the painting was produced.
For the Love of Money Andrew McKie 2011
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The owners of those outlets deserve the epitaph once penned by William Allen White about newspaper tycoon Frank Munsey: He combined the talents of a meatpacker, the manners of an undertaker, and the morals of a moneychanger.
Bernard Weisberger: Onward Wisconsin Bernard Weisberger 2011
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We went downstairs and met the tour guide, who took us to the moneychanger, who took my sixty bucks and gave me back nearly half a million ryals ...
Eric Lurio: Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue -- Part Two 2009
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I see you smile, but by my halidome, it is true — yet that is no excuse for the King, whose conduct, like his person, hath more resemblance to that of old Michaud, the moneychanger of
Quentin Durward 2008
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Today - after visiting the moneychanger to change some notes into Australian dollars, I did a spot of shopping - and left my purse behind at the counter.
Almost disaster Glenda Larke 2008
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Today - after visiting the moneychanger to change some notes into Australian dollars, I did a spot of shopping - and left my purse behind at the counter.
Archive 2008-03-01 Glenda Larke 2008
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Will Ralphie boy have a similar experience and actually convert from his corrupt “moneychanger” fake Christian mentality and embrace more liberal, compassionate Christian beliefs and behaviors?
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Will Ralphie boy have an ego-shattering nervous breakdown like Jim Bakker had in prison, which actually led to Jim Bakker becoming more of a real Christian instead of the “moneychanger” Christian he had been before?
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Better equivalents to cotton picker are wetback and moneychanger I'm sure there's many more for every racial group.
Friday Night Open Thread: Comics Rogers 2005
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"These matters cannot be hurried," explained the moneychanger, opening each of the saddlebags and allowing his pudgy fingers to run through the metal coins.
Emperor of Ansalon Niles, Douglas 1993
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