U. S. Grant

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

1. Alternative form of U.S. Grant.
   • 1961, Ross Russell, “If You Can’t Get Five—”, in The Sound, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., →LCCN, →OCLC, part 2, page 181:

     With shaking fingers she showed Bernie two new crisp fifty-dollar bills tucked into the lining of her glove. New bills always seemed to have such a lovely pale green colour, apple-green. “Real U. S. Grants, baby,” she told him, bucking herself up as she went, peeling the corners back so there could be no mistaking them for lowly fives.

   • 1982 July 19, Raymond Carver, “The Bridle”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 August 2014, page 31, column 2:

     Holits pays in cash—first, last, and the hundred-and-fifty deposit. He counts out bills of fifty-dollar denomination while I watch. U. S. Grants, Harley calls them, though he’s never seen many.

   • 2010, Katrina Denise Hines, “Mr. Beauty Shop”, in On the Quest to Find Mr. Right, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 117:

     She gave him a U. S. Grant. / “All right, now thank you, big tipper, I can buy me and Twinkie plenty of toys with this. It makes me wonder two things though.” / “What’s that?” / “What did you do for Jimmy to pimp you with this fifty-dollar bill? […]”

   • 2016, Richard Bird Baker, Cowboy Poetry from a Short-horn Tenderfoot, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN:

     He pulled from his wallet two U. S. Grants.