fish-skin

noun

A dollar bill.

Meanings

nounfish-skin (countable and uncountable, plural fish-skins)

plural fish-skins

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of fish skin.
  2. UScountabledatedslanguncommonA dollar bill.

    I learned quickly that a dollar bill was a fish-skin.

    1936, Lee Duncan, Over The Wall, page 21
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