English
Noun
long green (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, slang, often preceded by some or the) Money, especially in the form of cash.
- 1912, P. G. Wodehouse, The Prince and Betty, ch. 20:
- "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."
- 1951 Nov. 12, "Less Take-Home Pay," Pittsburgh Post Gazette, p. 16 (retrieved 1 Oct 2010):
- 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.
- 2002 Jan. 15, Al Brumley, "'Chamber' may scare off viewers rather than scare up ratings," Dallas Morning News (retrieved 1 Oct 2010):
- Fox's new game show, The Chamber, lets people suffer to their hearts' content, with the hope of winning some long green, too.
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