U.S. Grant

English

Etymology

From the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on them. See Ulysses S. Grant for further etymology.

Noun

U.S. Grant (plural U.S. Grants)

1. (slang) A United States fifty-dollar bill.

   Synonyms: Grant, Ulysses S. Grant

   • 1973 July, Jerry Jacobson, “Diary of a Murderer”, in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, volume 33, number 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: Renown Publications, Inc., page 125, column 2:

     Convinced that my intentions were completely dishonorable, Mr. Vanduchi sold me six sticks of Trojan stumping dynamite and a detonator cap, the total price for which was, as Mr. Vanduchi put it, “two U.S. Grants and two Andrew Jacksons”—$140.

   • 1988, Robert Upton, The Fabergé Egg, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, →ISBN, page 65:

     “[…] Ivey Dwindling, and she’s probably in her early thirties,” McGuffin informed his man at the Chronicle who occasionally earned one or two U.S. Grants for the performance of such services.

   • 2006, Henry Chang, Chinatown Beat, New York, N.Y.: Soho Press, Inc., →ISBN:

     He laid his stack of U.S. Grants behind the House box, scanned the bets in the four squares, and waited for the cards to turn up.

   • 2015, Mark A. Paranto, Black Box Conspiracy, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 52:

     Reaching into her wallet, she snagged a couple of fifties and handed them to Kim, adding to the gesture, “Tanks fer unroading,” and emphasized with a smile. / “I can’t take your money… You crazy lady trucker…First, I cold cock you and now you want to pay me?” a startled question escaped from the perplexed teen. / “Take! Prease!” demanded Rebecca, who was still smiling, her eyes meeting Kim’s, letting the sincerity sink in. / Conceding, she grasped the two U.S. Grants; […]

   • 2016, Richard Bird Baker, Cowboy Poetry from a Short-horn Tenderfoot, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN:

     He pulled from his wallet two U. S. Grants.

   • 2016, Wayne “Big Chuck” Bradshaw with Douglas P. Love, Jersey Tough: My Wild Ride from Outlaw Biker to Undercover Cop, Toronto, Ont.: ECW Press, →ISBN:

     You know, bro—the two U.S. Grants you stole from his pocket after you suckered him.

Further reading

• United States fifty-dollar bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia