long green

Definitions

Money, especially in the form of cash.

idiomatic, slang, uncountable

Examples

“"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."”

“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.”

“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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