dead president

dead president

Paper currency in the US (which features pictures of certain deceased US presidents). Hey, can I borrow some dead presidents? I don't get paid till tomorrow.
See also: dead, president
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dead president

n. a piece of U.S. paper money. (Refers to the pictures of presidents on the bills.) This silly magazine costs three dead presidents!
See also: dead, president
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • president
  • the dead of night
  • dead of night
  • dead broke
  • dead drunk
  • dead cinch
  • dead easy
  • be dead to the world
  • dead tired
  • in the dead of night
References in periodicals archive
In addition, I wanted an explanation for the booking of Snoop Dogg in Springfield considering his album cover has a picture of what appears to be a dead President Donald Trump on a slab covered with a flag while Snoop Dogg stands over him in a defiant manner.
'Dead presidents' is a slang term for what in the USA?
They take their cues not from dead presidents, but Ho Chi Minh, Samora Machel and Fidel Castro.
"What's striking about this memorial is its simplicity, if you compare it to monuments in Washington to dead presidents this is very much down to a natural scale and it's what the Kennedy family particularly liked about it, it appealed to their sense of history and the president's links to Britain."
BEEMICKSEE Laryngitis Three bands playing gigs in student land starting with hip hop loon BeeMickSee, who's on the bill for a free show at The Speakeasy next Thursday, supporting the Dead Presidents.
Film -- Dead Presidents at 6.30pm on Star Movies HD The film chronicles the life of Anthony Curtis, focusing on his teenage years as a high school graduate and his experiences during the Vietnam War.
IN the centre of Washington, there is a park full of monuments - mainly to dead presidents and to wars.
"They give us valuable televisions and toys in exchange for ugly pieces of paper with pictures of dead presidents."
Now vying for space among review copies of recent spirituality releases (mine) and doorstop-sized tomes about dead presidents (my husband's) are The Cat in the Hat, Blueberries for Sal and assorted children's literature.
"Starting from Zero with $0" is a must for those who want to change the world without having dead presidents to back you up.
of highjacking dead presidents, militancy a drama deferred--a moody
If it's got more receipts than faces of dead presidents, it's time to lighten your back pocket.
Among specific topics are sharing Sputnik, the Seabiscuit sweepstakes, violent novels in a violent world, strangers in the night, best American fiction from the last 25 years, diagramming sentences, catfight in the newsroom, libraries and librarians in the movies, first firsts, and sex with dead presidents.
All they care about is the bottom line, the profit margin, the moolah, the green stuff, the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately, the bread, the scratch, the dead presidents, it's all about the Benjamins (baby)C*and being nice is nice-but-not-necessary.
He writes, "Blank paper you could at least write on, but governments manage to make it completely worthless by printing pictures of dead presidents on it." That's a great line, but it's false.