Greenback party

Greenback party

noun U.S. History.
a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
Green·back·er, noun
Green·back·ism, noun
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Greenback Party
 
n
(US) history a political party formed after the Civil War advocating the use of fiat money and opposing the reduction of paper currency
 
'Greenbacker
 
n
 
'Greenbackism
 
n

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