Andrew Jackson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andrew Jacksons
Etymology: From the portrait of Andrew Jackson featured on them.
Senses: examples: text: Because he is in constant, intense competition for top stars with other opera houses throughout the world, Ross is loathe^([sic]) to reveal just how many Andrew Jacksons it took to attract Sutherland and Corelli.
ref: 1967, Seattle Magazine, page 55:
text: Convinced that my intentions were completely dishonorable, Mr. Vanduchi sold me six sticks of Trojan stumping dynamite and a detonator cap, the total price for which was, as Mr. Vanduchi put it, “two U.S. Grants and two Andrew Jacksons”—$140.
ref: 1973 July, Jerry Jacobson, “Diary of a Murderer”, in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, volume 33, number 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: Renown Publications, Inc., page 125, column 2:
text: Amount you’d have in U.S. paper money with two Andrew Jacksons and an Alexander Hamilton.
ref: 1986 March, “Dedication”, in Omni, volume 8, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Omni Publications International Ltd.:
text: He knew he’d probably drop a couple of Abe Lincolns or maybe even an Andrew Jackson on bets, as Preston fanned down a row of cans and bottles while his bullets strayed harmlessly into tree trunks and Mother Earth, but any connection was worth it.
ref: 1989, Chris Crutcher, Chinese Handcuffs, New York, N.Y.: Greenwillow Books, →ISBN, page 52:
text: He turned to leave and saw his wife on her forced march, then reached for his wallet and removed two Andrew Jacksons and handed them to Bonita before starting his jog toward Rosella.
ref: 2008, Bill Barton, Henry O. Arnold, Hometown Favorite, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell, Baker Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Ok, “you don’t go for the drinks” – it’s the “super-hot chicks” “shaking their cakes” and the “sports celebrities” who love them that are the draws at this “top-of-the-line” jiggle joint on the Upper East Side; the experience can be “pricey as heck”, so “bring a fat stack of Andrew Jacksons” and “be prepared to shell out for bottle service if you want any attention”; N.B. the West Chelsea branch has shuttered.
ref: 2008, Curt Gathje, Carol Diuguid, editors, New York City Restaurants 2009, New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, LLC, →ISBN, pages 362–363:
text: If you had four Ulysses S. Grants, two Andrew Jacksons, a William McKinley, and five Abe Lincolns in your pocket, how much money would you have?
ref: 2009, Lynn Brunelle, Jim Brunelle, Delia Greve, Sandra Will, Scholastic 2010 Almanac for Kids: Facts, Figures, & Stats, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 213:
text: He pulled a thick roll of bills from his pocket and slipped the guard two Andrew Jacksons.
ref: 2011, Robert S. Levinson, A Rhumba in Waltz Time, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, Gale, published 2012, →ISBN, page 431:
text: “Where is your lunch?” / She pats her pocket. “Right here. Two Andrew Jacksons will take me through lunch and to the gift shop.”
ref: 2012, Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 110:
text: And for that and a taste of me, he gave me two Andrew Jacksons and one Alexander Hamilton.
ref: 2015 February, Honey, Judge Me Not, [United States]: Jessica Watkins Presents, →ISBN, page 28:
text: Not counting the loose change jiggling in my pocket, (and it sounded like a lot of pennies to me), I only had one Ben Franklin, two Ulysses S. Grants, a crinkly Andrew Jackson that someone had drawn an ink moustache on, two Lincolns and two Washingtons.
ref: 2022, Douglas J. McGregor, Roadtrip 41, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN:
synonyms: Jackson
glosses: A United States twenty-dollar bill.
wikipedia: Andrew Jackson