lettuce

lettuce

old-fashioned slang Money. A reference to the green paper currency of the United States. The truck is carrying a lot of lettuce, but it's going to be heavily guarded. Sorry man, ain't got no lettuce these days.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lettuce

n. money. How much lettuce do you have left?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • rain stopped play
  • in/with reference to
  • grass
  • rabbit food
  • old pals act
  • with everything
  • Ma Bell
  • Mama Bell
  • get out of jail free card
  • not out of the wood
References in periodicals archive
A member of the Longifolia/Asteraceae plant family, romaine lettuce or Lactuca sativa or "cos lettuce" is a type of lettuce available in certain parts of the world.
5 Romaine Lettuce Health Benefits That Will Surprise You
l Recipe fr R i from freshandnaked.co.uk 1tsp garlic granules 1tbsp sliced jalapeno peppers from a jar (optional) 2 eggs 1 bag of Fresh and Naked lamb's lettuce 1 avocado, sliced 1 lime A few chilli flakes to serve Directions Boil a kettle and fill a saucepan with the hot water.
with lamb's lettuce
Lettuce seeds sprout more readily in cool outdoor temperatures than they do in a warm house.
My salad bowls are longing for some homegrown greens
coli or how lettuce from other farms may have been contaminated.
Romaine Lettuce Outbreak Source Still a Mystery
A full list of recalled cauliflower and red and green leaf lettuce can be found here.
Cauliflower And Lettuce Recalled For Possible E.Coli Contamination
coli O157:H7 linked to romaine lettuce. The agencies state that no romaine lettuce from the Central Coastal growing regions of northern and central California should be sold, served or consumed.
FDA oversees new labeling of lettuce in wake of romaine lettuce contamination
coliO157:H7 illnesses likely linked to romaine lettuce grown in California this fall.
Romaine lettuce update: Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections likely linked to products harvested in California
Summary: A video on social media shows a woman peeling a layer of plastic from a leaf of romaine lettuce
Abu Dhabi clarifies rumour on 'plastic' lettuce
When I moved to central Virginia 25 years ago, my gardening neighbors believed that lettuce couldn't be grown in winter.
GROW GREAT LETTUCE: in Winter
The Yates bar in Swansea's castle Square is to shut in July and will be replaced by Slug & Lettuce.
Yates in Swansea is closing down and rebranding as a Slug & Lettuce; The new bar will be the second branch of the popular chain in Wales
Thinning lettuce is particularly labor intensive, and most lettuce fields in California are hand-thinned (manually thinned).
Automated lettuce thinners reduce labor requirements and increase speed of thinning
Romaine calm.<br />The government is still investigating how romaine lettuce from Yuma, Arizona, apparently became contaminated with E.
Restaurants calm customers, say their romaine is safe
by Times News Service Lettuce is very healthy and can be used in different ways in cooking.
One ingredient 5 ways: Lettuce