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fish-skin

fish-skin noun: a dollar bill. Also the alternative form of fish skin.

Noun

fish-skin (countable and uncountable, plural fish-skins)

  1. (US, countable, dated, slang, uncommon) A dollar bill.
    • I learned quickly that a dollar bill was a fish-skin.1936, Lee Duncan, Over The Wall, page 21

Also used as

fish-skin is also the alternative form of fish skin.

Forms of fish-skin

pluralfish-skins

Phrases with fish-skin

Questions about fish-skin

What does fish-skin mean?
Fish-skin means a dollar bill.
What part of speech is fish-skin?
Fish-skin is a noun.
What is the plural of fish-skin?
The plural of fish-skin is fish-skins.

Words near fish-skin in the dictionary

  1. fish-ponds
  2. fish-sauce
  3. fish-sauces
  4. fish-scale
  5. fish-scales
  6. fish-skin
  7. fish-skin disease
  8. Fish-skin Tartar
  9. fish-skins
  10. fish-tail
  11. fish-tails

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