Washington
nounUS /ˈwɑʃɪŋtən/ · UK /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən/
Etymology Washington (the town in Tyne and Wear, northeast England): probably from the Old English place name Hwæssingatūn (literally “a settlement of the household of *Hwæssa”), from *Hwæssa (a Saxon chieftain's name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead, settlement”). It was attested in 1096 as Wasindone. *Hwæssa is of uncertain origin, said to possibly correspond to waþ (“hunt”) + sige (“victory”), or possibly related to hwæte (“wheat”). There are other theories; more on Wikipedia. The surname derives from the town, and most places in the United States are named for George Washington.
- He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.1968, Earl Conrad, Billy Rose, Manhattan Primitive, Cleveland, Oh.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 181:
- Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000).1990, Stewart Wolpin, The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle®, New York, N.Y.: New Chapter Press, →ISBN, page 339:
4 more examples
- How much money would you have if you had 2 Grants, 4 Washingtons, and 1 Lincoln?1992, Mary Ann Haubner, Edward Rathmell, The Mathematics Experience, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1994, →ISBN, page 95:
- Linus is afraid of money. Not the smaller bills, the Washingtons and Lincolns, the Jacksons and Grants, but the larger sums, the cashier’s checks with multiple zeros, the stock portfolios and escrow accounts, afraid too of what they buy, the new cars with their leather stink, the first-class seats on airplanes, the cellular phones and fax modems.1998, Noah Hawley, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 3:
- 9 Jacksons = / 3 Grants = / 2 Washingtons =2001, Jennifer Edwards, Money, Westminster, Calif.: Teacher Created Materials, Inc., →ISBN, page 62:
- Joseph had missed the feeling of carrying a phat bankroll, one not padded with Washingtons and topped with Grants.2010, Kehinde Garrison, American Delinquents, Anderson, S.C.: Stone Soup Press™, →ISBN, page 79:
- Synonyms
- George Washington
- Related terms
- dead president, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Benjamin, Franklin