Robert Borden

noun

A Canadian hundred-dollar note.

Meanings

nounRobert Borden (plural Robert Bordens)

plural Robert Bordens · alternative Borden · alternative Sir Robert Borden

  1. CanadaslangA Canadian hundred-dollar note.

    Well, well, J.D. Rockefeller, stick to our foolproof guide and you’ll be rolling in the Robert Bordens in no time.

    2012, Wade Wilson & Edward Blake, "Topz (With a Z): Top Ways to Make Money", The Iron Warrior (University of Waterloo), 4 July 2012
    2 more examples

    Short of spraying magnums of Veuve Clicquot over backbenchers while lighting cigars with Robert Bordens, Paul and Co. announced a pre-budget teaser of how he and his pals planned to spend! spend! spend! on all sorts of crazy "please have us back" projects, things like fancy new transit system improvements, hundreds of millions of dollars for struggling farmers, and a program to curb gun violence in our fair city.

    2005 November 29, Jose Loureno, “Give me $50 now, and I might even vote”, in Toronto Star

    As for hopes of perhaps finding a load of gold bars or wrapped up stacks of Robert Bordens once they get inside, Quince isn’t holding his breath.

    2011, Andrew Zwicker, "Wine, chocolate and chamber music aim to crack the code of the BMO safe", The Rossland Telegraph (Rossland, British Columbia), 9 February 2011

Origin

From the depiction of Robert Borden, former Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, on the front of the Canadian hundred-dollar note.

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