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Michigan bankroll
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English
Noun
en slang One or several high-denomination banknotes wrapped around a larger number of smaller ones, intended to look like more money than it actually is.
en California bankroll Texas bankroll Texas roll
en 1990 David F. Friedman; Don DeNevi A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-film King 136 maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver. A grand will make a bulge so big you can't get it in your pocket.""That's okay. I've carried Michigan bankrolls before."
en 2009 Frank E. Hagan Crime Types and Criminals 173 She showed them some loose twenties (the rest of the roll of money actually consists of a “Michigan bankroll” of phony money), and the three women discussed the situation for a while.