| 单词 | long green |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong green long green n. U.S. slang †(a) whisky (obsolete); (b) (also more fully long green stuff) cash, money; frequently with the; cf. green n.1 1e, green stuff n. (b) at green adj. and n.1 Compounds 1d(a). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. long green1837 wild cat1861 greenback1862 postage currency1862 postage-stamp currency1862 postal currency1862 blueback1863 fractional note1863 greyback1863 yellowback1863 goldback1865 Sherman1892 1837 Knickerbocker Nov. 413 The disturber, known in the west by the name of ‘long green’ and ‘blue ruin’..was happily beyond their reach. 1887 G. H. Devol Forty Years Gambler on Mississippi 159 He had lots of the long green stuff. 1946 S. Newton Paul Bunyan x. 63 We'll be there tomorrow afternoon with Napoleon and the long green. 2004 J. Hime Scared Money l. 177 Generate himself some long green to keep growin' his real estate business. < as lemmas |
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