funny-money

funny money

noun Slang.
1.
counterfeit currency.
2.
money from undisclosed or questionable sources.
3.
currency of little value, as of a nation whose currency has been artificially inflated or recently devaluated.
4.
any foreign currency.
Origin:
1940–45

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funny money
 
—n
1.  a sum of money so large as to be considered unreal
2.  counterfeit money
3.  derogatory foreign currency

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funny money definition


  1. n.
    counterfeit money. : The bank teller spotted the funny money in the man's deposit almost immediately.
  2. n.
    military script; temporary or substitute money, good only in certain places. : What am I going to do with all this funny money when I leave here? It's no good anywhere else.
  3. n.
    foreign currency. (Jocular.) : We had better buy some gifts and get rid of some of this funny money before our flight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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