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      • The skin of a frog, or leather made from it. She pulled a frogskin wallet out of her purse. (US, slang) A greenback, a United States dollar.
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  2. frogskin n.1. also frog. [such notes are/were green; Franklyn, Dict. of Rhyming Slang (1961), suggests rhy. sl. frogskin = SE sovereign] 1. ( US black/campus/Und., also alligator skin, fish-skin, froggyskin) a banknote, $1 bill. 1899. 1900 1950 2000. 2005. 2. ( US Und.) a counterfeit dollar bill. 1926. 3. ( Aus.) a £1 note. 1928. 1930 1940 1950.

  3. Aug 30, 2007 · slang for a single unit of American currency. My friend was short of cash so I lent him 10 frog skins. by Stu Padasell August 30, 2007. Get the frog skins mug. More random definitions. slang for a single unit of American currency.

  4. noun. slang. 1. : a piece of paper money. especially : a dollar bill. 2. frogskins plural : money. … people shell out … frogskins to fly to Thailand … Edward Hoagland, Outside, March 1995. Word History. Etymology. so called from the green back. First Known Use. 1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Time Traveler.

  5. Jun 29, 2016 · Also as inspired by the amphibians’ color, toadskins, and a related form, frogskins, later referred to one-dollar bills. Yet earlier, British criminal slang called purses and wallets skins...

  6. Nov 7, 2022 · When they had to come up with a name, his instant thought was they were just creating this pair “for the frog skins” (slang for dollars). He named the pair so he’d always remember to do interesting things moving forward. You can read the full story from Jim Jannard’s Q&A below.

  7. Sep 9, 2011 · The slag/"hip" term for money back then was "Green Backs" and that how they came up with Frogskins/Greenbacks. Well thats the story I was told... When the POS was created to advertise the Frogskins, the character "Jupiter" the frog was born.

  8. Oct 16, 2019 · frogskin (countable and uncountable, plural frogskins) The skin of a frog, or leather made from it. She pulled a frogskin wallet out of her purse. (US, slang) A greenback, a United States dollar. You can buy the individual parts for a few frogskins, or the whole setup for fifty. Give a few frogskins to charity. Anagrams [edit] forkings

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