THOUSAND
ADJECTIVES
► MYRIANDER containing ten thousand men → 1693 obs.
NOUNS
► BAG OF SAND 1000; usually £1000 → 1990s rhyming sl. for ‘grand’
► G ► GEE a thousand (usually dollars or pounds) → 1928 sl., orig. US
► K a thousand, esp. as $1000 or £1000 → 1960s sl.
► TWENTY HUNDRED two thousand → c1275 obs.
Lexicophilia 