Robert Borden

English

Alternative forms

• Borden
• Sir Robert Borden

Etymology

From the depiction of Robert Borden, former Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, on the front of the Canadian hundred-dollar note.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

Robert Borden (plural Robert Bordens)

1. (Canada, slang) A Canadian hundred-dollar note.
   • 2005 November 29, Jose Loureno, “Give me $50 now, and I might even vote”, in Toronto Star:

     Short of spraying magnums of Veuve Clicquot over backbenchers while lighting cigars with Robert Bordens, Paul and Co. announced a pre-budget teaser of how he and his pals planned to spend! spend! spend! on all sorts of crazy "please have us back" projects, things like fancy new transit system improvements, hundreds of millions of dollars for struggling farmers, and a program to curb gun violence in our fair city.

   • 2011, Andrew Zwicker, "Wine, chocolate and chamber music aim to crack the code of the BMO safe", The Rossland Telegraph (Rossland, British Columbia), 9 February 2011:

     As for hopes of perhaps finding a load of gold bars or wrapped up stacks of Robert Bordens once they get inside, Quince isn’t holding his breath.

   • 2012, Wade Wilson & Edward Blake, "Topz (With a Z): Top Ways to Make Money", The Iron Warrior (University of Waterloo), 4 July 2012:

     Well, well, J.D. Rockefeller, stick to our foolproof guide and you’ll be rolling in the Robert Bordens in no time.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Robert Borden.

See also

• Benjamin