G-note

See also: gnote

English

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Noun

G-note (plural G-notes)

1. (US, informal) A one-thousand dollar banknote.
   • 1957, William Frank Buckley, National Review, volume 3, page 282:

     It seems that the President [...] hit the till for a few G-notes for the love of a blue-eyed brunette with a record of seven convictions as a prostitute.

   • 2000, Mark Ribowsky, Don't look back: Satchel Paige in the shadows of baseball, page 168:

     Satch took receipt of his two G-notes at a propitious moment.

   • 2002, Julie Kenner, Nobody But You:

     My tight-skirted kitten pressed two G-notes into my hand. "Please, Mr. Monroe. I don't know where else to turn."

Related terms

• C-note

Anagrams

• Tonge, get on, tonge