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单词 frogskin
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frogskin
frogskin n. [with reference to the green colour of the banknotes] slang (a) U.S. a one-dollar bill; = toadskin n. (b) at toad n. Compounds 2; (b) Australian a one-pound note (now historical and rare).
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. > one-dollar bill
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1902 Mickey Finn's New Irish Yarns 96 He had to spind ‘frog skins’ to git an eddicashun.
1907 Clipper (Hobart, Tasmania) 28 Dec. 4/3 ‘I'll give yer a quid for yer old red shawl,’ and I 'olds out a frogskin. ‘The man's mad,’ sez she to 'erself, ‘but a quid's a quid.’
1944 Austral. New Writing 36 You come back here tomorrow night..and it's two frogskins for you and drinks all round!
2005 Time Out N.Y. 20 Jan. 81/1 Not only are your frogskins going to a good cause, but you'll be hearing some fine tuneage as well.
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