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Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
Spanish slang (1 C, 12 P) Spanish profanity (34 P) ... Pages in category "Spanish words and phrases" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total.
1. Five dollar bill [5] 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck [5] absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner [6] ab-so-lute-ly Affirmative, Yes [6] absotively Absolutely and positively [4] ace 1. One dollar bill; see clam [7] 2. An airplane adept [4] 3. An artist in any line [4] acknowledge the corn Admit responsibility for [4] ad
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Pages in category "Spanish slang" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Barbudos; Bolillo; C.
The reverse featured a perched bald eagle and the Roman numeral for 100, C. 1890: One hundred dollar Treasury or "Coin Notes" were issued for government purchases of silver bullion from the silver mining industry. The note featured a portrait of Admiral David G. Farragut. The note was also nicknamed a "watermelon note" because of the watermelon ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
Kiwi – slang term for the currency of New Zealand [5] Large [9] – £1,000, USD $1,000; Lettuce [9] Loonie – refers to the Canadian dollar, [5] because the Canadian dollar coin has an image of the common loon on its reverse side [11] Loot; Moolah [9] P – money, pennies; Perak – Indonesian rupiah for coin, derivative from silver. Quid ...