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Mickey Mouse money noun- any unfamiliar or foreign currency; an unfeasible amount of any money US, 1945
Originally used by the US military for Japanese currency; contemporary usage may be applied to, for instance, the Euro or Scottish banknotes. - “I write free software to make people (not least myself) happy.[...] I sure as hell don’t do it for the f***ing silicon value mickey mouse money stock options,” wrote one programmer. — Guardian, 18 May 2000
- military scrip issued to soldiers in the Korean war US
- [O]ur US currency has been substituted by a military script referred to as Mickey Mouse money[.] — Martin Russ, The Last Parallel, p. 58, 1957
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