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Michigan bankroll

Michigan bankroll noun: one or several high-denomination banknotes wrapped around a larger number of smaller ones, intended to look like more money than it actually is.

Noun

Michigan bankroll (plural Michigan bankrolls)

  1. (slang) One or several high-denomination banknotes wrapped around a larger number of smaller ones, intended to look like more money than it actually is.
    • […] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver. A grand will make a bulge so big you can't get it in your pocket."
      "That's okay. I've carried Michigan bankrolls before."1990, David F. Friedman, Don DeNevi, A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-film King, page 136
    • She showed them some loose twenties (the rest of the roll of money actually consists of a “Michigan bankroll” of phony money), and the three women discussed the situation for a while.2009, Frank E. Hagan, Crime Types and Criminals, page 173

Synonyms of Michigan bankroll

Forms of Michigan bankroll

pluralMichigan bankrolls

Questions about Michigan bankroll

What does Michigan bankroll mean?
Michigan bankroll means one or several high-denomination banknotes wrapped around a larger number of smaller ones, intended to look like more money than it actually is.
What part of speech is Michigan bankroll?
Michigan bankroll is a noun.
What is the plural of Michigan bankroll?
The plural of Michigan bankroll is Michigan bankrolls.

Words near Michigan bankroll in the dictionary

  1. Michie
  2. Michif
  3. Michigamea
  4. Michigamie
  5. Michigan
  6. Michigan bankroll
  7. Michigan bankrolls
  8. Michigan basement
  9. Michigan basements
  10. Michigan holly
  11. Michigan left

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