rag money
US derogatory (now historical )
noun
Paper money, banknotes; especially (during the American Revolutionary period and in the early 19th cent.) banknotes actually or presumed to be depreciated or irredeemable against hard currency.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Pittsfiled (Massachusetts) Sun.
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