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Alexander Hamilton
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Etymology
From the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.
Noun
en US slang A United States ten-dollar bill.
en Alex Hamilton Hamilton
en Anthony Mancini The Yellow Gardenia New York, N.Y. Donald I. Fine, Inc. 1990 163 https://archive.org/details/yellowgardenia00manc/page/163/mode/1up 1-55611-209-2 “Take it. Butter for your bread.” / Frowning, he flipped through the bills, a cyclorama of Alexander Hamiltons. “That’s a pretty big smear,” Callahan said. / “It’s a grand. You take risks, you earned it.”
en Paul S. Flores Along the Border Lies Berkeley, Calif. Creative Arts Book Company 2001 60 0-88739-478-7 But it’s all a conspiracy, because then some narco deposits millions of dollars into the state cash reserve and everybody’s happy again. There’s nothing like a fresh stack of Alexander Hamiltons to promote Mexican patriotism.
en Karen Dove Barr Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in its Natural State Eugene, Ore. Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers 2021 978-1-6667-3287-0 She handed a stack of Alexander Hamiltons to Licia. “Mr. Howard’s gone and we got to go, too. We’re making a run for Atlanta. This money be a sign from God.”
See also
en dead president
en George Washington, en Washington
en Lincoln
en Jackson
en Benjamin, en Franklin
Further reading
United States ten-dollar bill
en eponyms