Alexander Hamiltonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Alexander Hamilton (plural Alexander Hamiltons)

1. (US, slang) A United States ten-dollar bill.

   Synonyms: Alex Hamilton, Hamilton

   • 1990, Anthony Mancini, The Yellow Gardenia, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., →ISBN, page 163:

     “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.”

   • 2001, Paul S. Flores, Along the Border Lies, Berkeley, Calif.: Creative Arts Book Company, →ISBN, page 60:

     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.

   • 2021, Karen Dove Barr, Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in its Natural State, Eugene, Ore.: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN:

     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.”

参考

• dead president
• George Washington, Washington
• Lincoln
• Jackson
• Benjamin, Franklin

Further reading

• United States ten-dollar bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia