Usually means: U.S. paper currency during Civil War.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. greenbacks: Merriam-Webster
  2. greenbacks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. greenbacks: Vocabulary.com
  4. Greenback's, Greenbacks, greenback's, greenbacks: Wordnik
  5. greenbacks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. greenbacks: Wiktionary
  7. greenbacks: Dictionary.com
  8. Greenbacks (Once Upon a Time), Greenbacks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Greenbacks: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. Greenbacks: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Greenbacks: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Greenbacks: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (greenback)

noun:  (US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve.
noun:  The United States dollar.
noun:  (historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.
noun:  (surfing) A wave that has not yet begun to break.
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