long-tailed one
English
Noun
long-tailed one (plural long-tailed ones)
- (archaic, slang) A banknote of high denomination.
- 1924, Richard Hill, The Maungatapu Mountain Murders (page 65)
- He said these people were going to leave with two other men on the Tuesday for the West Coast. That he saw a good deal of money with one person of the four and some "long tailed ones."
- 1924, Richard Hill, The Maungatapu Mountain Murders (page 65)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary