big one
a one-thousand-dollar bill or the sum of one thousand dollars.
Origin of big one
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How to use big one in a sentence
Those are saguaro cactuses…the big ones…birds make holes in them and build their nests inside.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMason ambles through life, free to enjoy the little moments and shrug off the big ones, just like his father did before him.
The only big ones we really have to deal with now, it seems, are Ortega and Murillo.
In Nicaragua Earthquakes and Politics Play Hell With Holy Week | Monica Seoane | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHaving thousands and thousands of small banks fail was not safer than having a few big ones go down.
As for Santorum, he has been the streaky candidate who falls just short of winning the big ones.
Mitt Romney Stays in the Hunt in the Dixie Primaries of Alabama and Mississippi | Howard Kurtz | March 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Whales, sir—a whole school of 'em—off the star-b'd quarter 'bout five miles away—big ones!
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousThe brave Wainwright saw two little boats coming out behind these big ones.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousIf 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. HarneyImpulsively Stanton grabbed her small hands in his big ones, and raised them very tenderly to his lips.
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottThree big ones for the Freshmen class, called Tom, when the first two had been given.
Tom Fairfield's Schooldays | Allen Chapman
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