big one


nounSlang.
  1. a one-thousand-dollar bill or the sum of one thousand dollars.

Origin of big one

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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How to use big one in a sentence

  • Whales, sir—a whole school of 'em—off the star-b'd quarter 'bout five miles away—big ones!

  • The brave Wainwright saw two little boats coming out behind these big ones.

  • If the 'big ones' were as law-abiding as the 'little ones' there would be little need for criminal courts and jails.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • Impulsively Stanton grabbed her small hands in his big ones, and raised them very tenderly to his lips.

    Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • Three big ones for the Freshmen class, called Tom, when the first two had been given.