greenbacks

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We should never have known how to keep our heads above water but for their example, and, though Mr. CHASE may not be aware of the fact, their greenbacks were the first that ever issued from the Banks of America.

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  1. noun A note of U.S. currency.

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  • About twenty suitcases full, although not all of the greenbacks were of large denomination. —  148 - The Terrible Stork
  • We gave him one or two greenbacks, and he rapidly returned. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Citizen-soldier, by John Beatty.
  • Snook running 24-28 inches on greenbacks, and slot redfish on topwater plugs at first light before crowd arrives. —  news | LL | http://www.theledger.com
  • Sixth Avenue, with two rows of red digits juxtaposed on a background of greenbacks, the rows labeled, "Our National Debt" and "Your Family Share." —  Home | The New York Observer
  • The notes were nearly all "greenbacks," with a few small bills on the state banks. —  Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People
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