BANKNOTE, BANKROLL
NOUNS
1780 — BOY a banknote or coin → Amer. sl.
1794 — OBLONG a banknote → Amer.
..L18 — ABRAHAM NEWLAND a banknote → sl.
..19C — QUEER SCREENS forged banknotes → UK criminals’ sl.
1817 — RAG a banknote, paper money; usually in plural → sl.
1826 — BILL a banknote
1843 — RAG-TRADE the purchasing of false banknotes, which are then palmed off on strangers → sl.
.M19 — PLASTER a banknote → US sl.
1860 — RAG MONEY banknotes, bills of exchange, etc. → colloq.
1889 — BITS OF STIFF banknotes → sl.
1889 — CRISP a banknote; money → sl.
..20C — CABBAGE a 10-rand banknote → S. Afr.
..20C — CRINKLE banknotes; therefore, money → Brit. sl.
..20C — HAPPY CABBAGE banknotes, cash → sl., orig. US
1903 — CABBAGE banknotes, money, paper money, cash → sl., orig. US
1910 — AKKA banknotes, money, whether change or notes → sl., orig. military usage
1910 — MICHIGAN — MICHIGAN BANKROLL — MICHIGAN ROLL — MICHIGAN STAKE a fake bankroll, a note of a high denomination around a large number of notes of smaller denomination → US sl.
1920 — MINT LEAF a banknote, money → US sl.
1920 — MINT TICKET a banknote, money → US sl.
1930 — CABBAGE LEAF — CABBAGE LEAVES banknotes, money; paper currency → US sl.
1930 — GLORY ROLL a large bankroll, produced as often as possible in order to impress one’s acquaintances → African-American sl.
1940 — CALIFORNIA BANKROLL — CALIFORNIA ROLL — KANSAS CITY BANKROLL — KANSAS CITY ROLL — PHILADELPHIA BANKROLL — PHILLY BANKROLL a show bankroll in which 1 large-denomination note is exhibited on the outside, concealing a quantity of small bills → African-American & gambling usage
.M20 — ACKERS banknotes, coins, money; specifically, piastres → sl., orig. military usage
.M20 — CRACKLE banknotes; five pounds and upwards → cant
1951 — NUT a bankroll → US sl.
1970 — FAT KNOT a substantial roll of dollar bills → African-American sl.
1975 — BISCUIT any coin; any banknote of comparatively low denomination → US sl. (Bk.)
1986 — GAMBLER’S BANKROLL — GAMBLER’S ROLL a bankroll consisting of a large-denomination note on the outside of a number small-denomination notes → US sl.
1990 — ARMY a large bankroll → US sl.
2006 — FEDERAL DIPLOMA a U.S. banknote → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1940 — CALIFORNIA ROLLER one who carries a ‘California bankroll’ → African-American & gambling sl.
VERBS
..L18 — SHAM ABRAHAM NEWLAND to forge banknotes → sl.
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