U.S. Grant

See also: U. S. Grant and US Grant

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Noun

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

  1. (US, slang) Synonym of 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.
    • 2011 March 2, R[hamal] M. Ahmose, “Creature Faith”, in Tales off the Rails, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 132:
      Hmm…no mirage here—just plain money, from all tactile and visual appearance. It would be wildly sensational if one were to disappear at my touch, but no such luck. It just feels like what the Sergeant describes as a fresh, crisp collection of fourteen ‘U.S. Grants.’
    • 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, 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.
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