long green

noun

Money, especially in the form of cash.

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Meanings

nounlong green (uncountable)
  1. idiomaticslanguncountableoften preceded by some or theMoney, especially in the form of cash.

    Fox's new game show, The Chamber, lets people suffer to their hearts' content, with the hope of winning some long green, too.

    2002 January 15, Al Brumley, “'Chamber' may scare off viewers rather than scare up ratings”, in Dallas Morning News, retrieved 01 Oct 2010
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    "Why, a guy come to me and wants to give me half a ton of the long green to go to dat poiper what youse was woikin' on and fix de guy what's runnin' it."

    1912, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 20, in The Prince and Betty

    Under the latest tax increase, for instance, a worker with a wife and one child who earns $80 a week will have $8.60 taken out before the long green crosses his palm.

    1951 November 12, “Less Take-Home Pay”, in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, retrieved 01 Oct 2010, page 16
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Chicago

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