Alexander Hamilton en · NOUN
Etymology
From the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.
Meanings
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(US, slang) A United States ten-dollar bill.
“Take it. Butter for your bread.” / Frowning, he flipped through the bills, a cyclorama of Alexander Hamiltons. “That’s a pretty big smear,” Callahan said. / “It’s a grand. You take risks, you earned it.”
1990, Anthony Mancini, The Yellow Gardenia, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., →ISBN, page 163:She handed a stack of Alexander Hamiltons to Licia. “Mr. Howard’s gone and we got to go, too. We’re making a run for Atlanta. This money be a sign from God.”
2021, Karen Dove Barr, Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in its Natural State, Eugene, Ore.: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN:But it’s all a conspiracy, because then some narco deposits millions of dollars into the state cash reserve and everybody’s happy again. There’s nothing like a fresh stack of Alexander Hamiltons to promote Mexican patriotism.
2001, Paul S. Flores, Along the Border Lies, Berkeley, Calif.: Creative Arts Book Company, →ISBN, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hamiltons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Benjamin · dead president · Jackson · Franklin · Lincoln · Washington · George Washington