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Bimetallic adj.

Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency. (archaic)

Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... gold standard must be preserved," they in effect, like the man with the horse, put their business in the other fellow's hands; for was not that clause simply another way of saying to the foreigner, if you will not give us bimetallism we will take the gold standard, although we prefer the bimetallic standard? ...

— One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed • C. A. Bogardus

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... all silver men to enforce the adoption of their program. There was great diversity of opinion, however, as to the best means of accomplishing this union. General Weaver started a movement to add the forces of the American Bimetallic League and the silver Democrats to the ranks of the People's Party. But the silver Democrats, believing that they comprised a majority of the party, proceeded to organize themselves for the purpose of controlling that party at its coming national conventions; ...

— The Agrarian Crusade - A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics • Solon J. Buck

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