press money
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of press money
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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Mr. Borah looked worried as the gentleman from Oklahoma droned on & on, about his favorite theme: printing press money.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suggestions that the U. S. was embarking on a wild era of printing press money were sternly repudiated.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had grown lavish in hospitality; he had become almost aggressively open-handed to his comrades, and had sought to press money upon men who in no wise needed it.
From The Deserter by King, Charles
They came again to give me press money, but I would take none.
From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)
The wealthy man tried to press money upon both Penny and Salt, who smilingly refused to accept it.
From Signal in the Dark by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
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