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fifty-two/twenty club
noun
US military veterans who were entitled to benefits of $20 a week for a year after World War 2, making a life of bohemian leisure possible US, 1946- — American Speech, February 1949
- My reason for going to the Veteran’s Administration was the 52–20 Club. The Government gave all ex-GIs $20 a week for a year or until you could find a job. — Lenny Bruce, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, p. 27, 1965
- He had socked away his mustering-out pay and was a member in good standing of the 52–20 club. — John Williams, The Man Who Cried I Am, p. 102, 1967
- Mac ran around with all the 52–20 madmen in Papa Joe’s[.] — Gilbert Sorrentino, Steelwork, p. 73, 1970
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