long green

long green
noun

the boy will have plenty of the long green in a couple of years — Raymond Chandler

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Slang.
[1890-95, Amer.]

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long green,
U.S. Slang. paper money.

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noun [noncount]
US old-fashioned slang :money

was able to rustle up some long green in a hurry

— often used with the

The band was raking in the long green.


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