Ulysses S. Grant

English

Etymology

From the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on them.

Noun

Ulysses S. Grant (plural Ulysses S. Grants)

1. (slang) A United States fifty-dollar bill.

   Synonyms: Grant, U.S. Grant

   • 1957, The Monthly Record, volume 61, page 22:

     They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.

   • 2005, Ombonia Waits, Closed Circles, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 79:

     She peeped into the unsealed envelope and saw a stack of Ulysses S. Grants.

   • 2013, Christopher Ward, Dead Brilliant, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, page 132:

     “Don’t be in there too long, or I’ll know who you’re talking to,” smirked Justin as he grabbed the passing waiter’s sleeve and handed him a pair of Ulysses S. Grants.

   • 2013, Michael Scofield, Smut Busters: Grit, Santa Fe Style, Santa Fe, N.M.: Sunstone Press, →ISBN, page 160:

     “I keep fifties on me in case I need to hit the ER. Give the coke to her, the prostate pain’s eased some.” The cracked-lipped old man reached to unbutton his overalls’ back-pocket flap and eased out two Ulysses S. Grants.

   • 2017, Jerome Charyn, Winter Warning, New York, N.Y.: Pegasus Books, →ISBN, page 226:

     She hadn’t come to barter with Karel in Rembrandt’s behalf, or to sell him a bundle of Ulysses S. Grants. Besides, Rembrandt had already sold him half a ton of paper. It was a much more vital matter than counterfeit currency.

   • 2022, Douglas J. McGregor, Roadtrip 41, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN:

     Not counting the loose change jiggling in my pocket, (and it sounded like a lot of pennies to me), I only had one Ben Franklin, two Ulysses S. Grants, a crinkly Andrew Jackson that someone had drawn an ink moustache on, two Lincolns and two Washingtons.

Further reading

• United States fifty-dollar bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia