George Washington

English

Etymology

After George Washington, first President of United States of America.

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Noun

George Washington (plural George Washingtons) (US, slang)

  1. The one-dollar bill of the United States of America, which features a portrait of President George Washington.
    • 2014, Jon Weece, Jesus Prom: Life Gets Fun When You Love People Like God Does, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 110:
      My kids have a piggy bank full of pennies. They love to dump the pennies on the floor and count them. Stacks of Abraham Lincolns. One hundred Abraham Lincolns equals one George Washington.
  2. (rare) The twenty-five-cent coin of the United States of America, which features a portrait of President George Washington.
    • 2001, Gerry LaFemina, “The Translation of Want”, in Zarathustra in Love: Prose Poems, Saginaw, Mich.: Mayapple Press, →ISBN, page 33:
      He likes the way the bartender keeps changing his green backs into four silver George Washingtons for the juke.
    • 2003, Rebecca A. Wilson, “The Mexican Restaurant Project”, in Judy Harris Helm, Sallee Beneke, editors, The Power of Projects: Meeting Contemporary Challenges in Early Childhood Classrooms—Strategies and Solutions (Early Childhood Education Series), New York, N.Y.: Teachers College Press; Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Supporting Second-Language Learners), page 76, column 2:
      Morgan was especially excited about making the coins for the cash register. She came to school and said, “Mrs. Wilson, I made George Washingtons and Abraham Lincolns for our cash register!”
    • 2012, Doug Brendel, “A Primer for Ye Olde Vending Tradition”, in Only in Ipswich 2013, →ISBN, page 38:
      For modern-era citizens now dependent on debit cards and no longer familiar with coin values: Cheez-Its requires one Franklin Roosevelt and two George Washingtons.
    • 2017, Karrie Gavin, “U.S. Mint”, in Moon Philadelphia: Including Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 4th edition, Berkeley, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN:
      From half-eagles of yore to George Washingtons of today, there isn’t a penny, shilling, or bird you can’t find in the U.S. Mint.

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