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  2. In My Pocket - Wikipedia

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    In My Pocket. " In My Pocket " is a song by American singer Mandy Moore for her self-titled second studio album as its opening track. It was released on May 1, 2001, by Epic Records as the lead single from the record. The song was written by Randall Barlow, Emilio Estefan, Liza Quintana, and Gian Marco Zignago and produced by Estefan and Barlow ...

  3. United States twenty-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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    Reverse. Design. White House. Design date. 2003. The United States twenty-dollar bill (US$20) is a denomination of U.S. currency. A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president (1829–1837), has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse. As of December 2018, the average life of a ...

  4. Sing a Song of Sixpence - Wikipedia

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    In this deliberate misinterpretation of "Sing a Song of Sixpence" and its lyrics, the "Sixpence" referred to a Sixpence coin (a decent amount of money in Blackbeard's time) and the "pocketful of rye" was a bag ("pocket") with whiskey ("rye", one of the ingredients of whiskey) that captain Blackbeard gave to each pirate in his crew as a salary ...

  5. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Main article: United States dollar. $1,000 e.g.Twenty large would be $20,000 [20] law, the Police officer [286] Laying on the hip smoking opium [82] lay off Smoke of opium [287] lay out 1. Defeat or overcome i.e. to lay out someone [287] 2. Knock someone out in a fight [287] 3. Kill someone [287] lead Term used for bullets e.g. Fill ya full of ...

  6. In God We Trust - Wikipedia

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    Capitalized " IN GOD WE TRUST " on the reverse of a United States twenty-dollar bill. " In God We Trust " (also rendered as " In God we trust ") is the official motto of the United States [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] as well as the motto of the U.S. state of Florida, along with the nation of Nicaragua (Spanish: En Dios confiamos). [ 4 ][ 5 ] It was adopted ...

  7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Wikipedia

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    Jimmie Cox. " Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out " is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style in the aftermath of the 1920–1921 U.S. economic depression. A later 1929 recording by Bessie Smith became popular during the early years of the Great Depression due to the ...

  8. Greenback (1860s money) - Wikipedia

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    Greenback (1860s money) Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. [1] They were in two forms: Demand Notes, issued in 1861–1862, [1] and United States Notes, issued in 1862–1865. [2] A form of fiat money, the notes were legal tender for most ...

  9. Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    The actual solution to this riddle is to add correctly (correct time, correct person and correct location) from the bank point of view which in this case seems to be the problem: First day: $30 in the bank + $20 owner already withdrew = $50. Second day: $15 in the bank + ($15 + $20 owner already withdrew) = $50.