noun
Washington
WO-shihng-tuhn
noun
1
Informal term for a U.S. one-dollar bill, which carries a portrait of George Washington.
"He handed the cashier a couple of washingtons for the coffee."
How to Use Washington
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSlang for a one-dollar bill, from the portrait printed on it.
When to use it
Informal, mostly used in casual American speech about money.
Word Forms
Washingtons plural
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Etymology
Named after George Washington, whose surname came from an English town, Washington in Tyne and Wear, itself from an Old English place name meaning roughly "the settlement of Hwæssa's people."
Rhymes for Washington
Lexington
Arlington
Remington
Eddington
Ellington
Wellington
Darlington
Huntington
Kensington
Harrington
Carrington
Paddington
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