| 词汇 | dollar-a-year man |
| 词源 | dollar-a-year man. Someone who serves the federal govern- ment for patriotic rather than financial reasons is called a dol- lar-a-year man. The term came into use during World War I when such volunteers were paid a dollar a year because one dollar was the “valuable consideration” needed to make their contracts binding. |
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