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century
noun- a $100 note US, 1859
- I took them out and riffled them. Ten centuries. All new. All nice. An even thousand dollars. — Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister, p. 239, 1949
- The next bag had bigger bills, and the last bag had nothing but centuries–sparkling $100 greens. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 118, 1970
- one hundred pounds (£100) UK, 1861
- [S]old to Dave for the knock-down price of a couple of centuries. — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 128, 1994
- [S]igning a century (£100) or even a monkey (£500) away[.] — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 117, 2002
- one hundred yards US
- I always ran when I was with Leonard, maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was a natural 440 man and I had the dashes covered up to the century. — Odie Hawkins, Men Friends, p. 117, 1989
- one hundred miles US
- Years ago, there used to be bicycle clubs, meeting Sundays, who had what was termed “century” runs. — San Francisco Progress, p. 4, 1 August 1956
- in motor racing, 100 miles per hour US
- — John Lawlor, How to Talk Car, p. 29, 1965
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