| 单词 | frogskin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrogskin frogskin n. [with reference to the green colour of the banknotes] slang (a) U.S. a one-dollar bill; = toadskin n. (b) at toad n. Compounds 2; (b) Australian a one-pound note (now historical and rare). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. > one-dollar bill wheel1807 one1846 William1853 case1859 frogskin1902 single1936 sheet1937 1902 Mickey Finn's New Irish Yarns 96 He had to spind ‘frog skins’ to git an eddicashun. 1907 Clipper (Hobart, Tasmania) 28 Dec. 4/3 ‘I'll give yer a quid for yer old red shawl,’ and I 'olds out a frogskin. ‘The man's mad,’ sez she to 'erself, ‘but a quid's a quid.’ 1944 Austral. New Writing 36 You come back here tomorrow night..and it's two frogskins for you and drinks all round! 2005 Time Out N.Y. 20 Jan. 81/1 Not only are your frogskins going to a good cause, but you'll be hearing some fine tuneage as well. < as lemmas |
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