US Grant

plural US Grants

1. alternativeAlternative form of U.S. Grant.

   “If Ivy can get me to say that expression or vice versa, then the payoff is a fifty.” / I whistled. “That’s pretty steep. So let me get this straight: If one of you says ‘oh my stars,’ then the other gets a US Grant?”

   2018, Sally Kilpatrick, “Gabe”, in Oh My Stars, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 89

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   “I’ll give you fifty bucks for it,” I said. / He pursed his lips, went to the cash register, and opened it. He pulled out two Benjamins and a US Grant, which he set down on the glass case before me. He then went to the shelf, pulled down the Olivetti typewriter, and set that down next to the cash. / “Three-hundred for the jewelry,” he said. “Minus the typewriter.”

   2019, Vincent Zandri, chapter 2, in The Caretaker’s Wife, Hoboken, N.J.: Polis Books, →ISBN

   He handed Sowles fifty dollars. “I don’ wanna babysit your ass every time you need to stuff that overweight gut of yours.” / “Damn, man, you’s learnin’!” Sowles said, smiling widely. “You alla sudden gettin’ human with yo’ N-word and now a US Grant.[…]”

   2023, Argent Amos, “Job One”, in California Roll: A Paranormal Journey, Bublish, →ISBN