horse blanket
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Meaning · English
Paper money consisting of large-sized notes or bills, printed from 1861 to 1928.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
And then he had those great big, what they used to call "horse blankets." You know those bills? Yeah, that's what the young man gave him.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “horse blanket” mean?
Paper money consisting of large-sized notes or bills, printed from 1861 to 1928.
Is “horse blanket” formal or informal?
horse blanket is generally slang.