George Washington

plural George Washingtons

1. USslangThe one-dollar bill of the United States of America, which features a portrait of President George Washington.

   My kids have a piggy bank full of pennies. They love to dump the pennies on the floor and count them. Stacks of Abraham Lincolns. One hundred Abraham Lincolns equals one George Washington.

   2014, Jon Weece, Jesus Prom: Life Gets Fun When You Love People Like God Does, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 110

2. USrareslangThe twenty-five-cent coin of the United States of America, which features a portrait of President George Washington.

   He likes the way the bartender keeps changing his green backs into four silver George Washingtons for the juke.

   2001, Gerry LaFemina, “The Translation of Want”, in Zarathustra in Love: Prose Poems, Saginaw, Mich.: Mayapple Press, →ISBN, page 33

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   Morgan was especially excited about making the coins for the cash register. She came to school and said, “Mrs. Wilson, I made George Washingtons and Abraham Lincolns for our cash register!”

   2003, Rebecca A. Wilson, “The Mexican Restaurant Project”, in Judy Harris Helm, Sallee Beneke, editors, The Power of Projects: Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms—Strategies and Solutions (Early Childhood Education Series), New York, N.Y.: Teachers College Press; Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Supporting Second-Language Learners), page 76, column 2

   For modern-era citizens now dependent on debit cards and no longer familiar with coin values: Cheez-Its requires one Franklin Roosevelt and two George Washingtons.

   2012, Doug Brendel, “A Primer for Ye Olde Vending Tradition”, in Only in Ipswich 2013, →ISBN, page 38

   From half-eagles of yore to George Washingtons of today, there isn’t a penny, shilling, or bird you can’t find in the U.S. Mint.

   2017, Karrie Gavin, “U.S. Mint”, in Moon Philadelphia: Including Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 4th edition, Berkeley, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN