Andrew Jackson

English

Etymology

From the portrait of Andrew Jackson featured on them.

Noun

Andrew Jackson (plural Andrew Jacksons)

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

   Synonym: Jackson

   • 1967, Seattle Magazine, page 55:

     Because he is in constant, intense competition for top stars with other opera houses throughout the world, Ross is loathe^[sic] to reveal just how many Andrew Jacksons it took to attract Sutherland and Corelli.

   • 1973 July, Jerry Jacobson, “Diary of a Murderer”, in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, volume 33, number 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: Renown Publications, Inc., page 125, column 2:

     Convinced that my intentions were completely dishonorable, Mr. Vanduchi sold me six sticks of Trojan stumping dynamite and a detonator cap, the total price for which was, as Mr. Vanduchi put it, “two U.S. Grants and two Andrew Jacksons”—$140.

   • 1986 March, “Dedication”, in Omni, volume 8, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Omni Publications International Ltd.:

     Amount you’d have in U.S. paper money with two Andrew Jacksons and an Alexander Hamilton.

   • 1989, Chris Crutcher, Chinese Handcuffs, New York, N.Y.: Greenwillow Books, →ISBN, page 52:

     He knew he’d probably drop a couple of Abe Lincolns or maybe even an Andrew Jackson on bets, as Preston fanned down a row of cans and bottles while his bullets strayed harmlessly into tree trunks and Mother Earth, but any connection was worth it.

   • 2008, Bill Barton, Henry O. Arnold, Hometown Favorite, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell, Baker Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 82:

     He turned to leave and saw his wife on her forced march, then reached for his wallet and removed two Andrew Jacksons and handed them to Bonita before starting his jog toward Rosella.

   • 2008, Curt Gathje, Carol Diuguid, editors, New York City Restaurants 2009, New York, N.Y.: Zagat Survey, LLC, →ISBN, pages 362–363:

     Ok, “you don’t go for the drinks” – it’s the “super-hot chicks” “shaking their cakes” and the “sports celebrities” who love them that are the draws at this “top-of-the-line” jiggle joint on the Upper East Side; the experience can be “pricey as heck”, so “bring a fat stack of Andrew Jacksons” and “be prepared to shell out for bottle service if you want any attention”; N.B. the West Chelsea branch has shuttered.

   • 2009, Lynn Brunelle, Jim Brunelle, Delia Greve, Sandra Will, Scholastic 2010 Almanac for Kids: Facts, Figures, & Stats, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 213:

     If you had four Ulysses S. Grants, two Andrew Jacksons, a William McKinley, and five Abe Lincolns in your pocket, how much money would you have?

   • 2011, Robert S. Levinson, A Rhumba in Waltz Time, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, Gale, published 2012, →ISBN, page 431:

     He pulled a thick roll of bills from his pocket and slipped the guard two Andrew Jacksons.

   • 2012, Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 110:

     “Where is your lunch?” / She pats her pocket. “Right here. Two Andrew Jacksons will take me through lunch and to the gift shop.”

   • 2015 February, Honey, Judge Me Not, [United States]: Jessica Watkins Presents, →ISBN, page 28:

     And for that and a taste of me, he gave me two Andrew Jacksons and one Alexander Hamilton.

   • 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 twenty-dollar bill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia