noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kind of gold certificate with an orange back. US, historical, slang
2. 2
   A fractional gold commercial product marketed as a local currency and commodity which has seen limited use in some U.S. states, shaped like a banknote but containing a small amount of 24-karat gold.
3. 3
   Any member of species Pentagramma triangularis of ferns.
4. 4
   Any member of genus Pityrogramma of ferns.

Synonyms

All synonyms

yellow boy

Etymology

From gold + back.

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