Ben Franklin

plural Ben Franklins

1. USslangSynonym of Benjamin Franklin

   Placing Ben Franklins in the box, she lost count of how much was in it after two hundred thousand dollars.

   2004, Peter Plate, chapter 1, in Fogtown: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Seven Stories Press, →ISBN, page 6

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   OK, Lord I am staying, so please open that umbrella, or better yet rain down some Abraham Lincolns and some Ben Franklins on me. I cannot name any higher denomination of money – never been privileged to see anything over a $100 bill.

   2003 August, Ercille Christmas, Thoughts of a Proud American: An Ode to “Joe and Josephine Ordinary, Salt of the Earth Americans”, Bloomington, Ind.; Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, published 2006, →ISBN, page 606

   Not counting the loose change jiggling in my pocket, (and it sounded like a lot of pennies to me), I only had one Ben Franklin, two Ulysses S. Grants, a crinkly Andrew Jackson that someone had drawn an ink moustache on, two Lincolns and two Washingtons.

   2022, Douglas J. McGregor, Roadtrip 41, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN

   Synonyms: Benjamin Franklin