A blanket placed underneath the saddle of a horse.
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A blanket worn by a horse (saddled or unsaddled) in cold weather.
2006: BooBooBillQueen, Treasury ordered to make bills recognizable to blind people on Collectors Universe Forums [http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=23&threadid=553831&STARTPAGE=1]
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(US, slang, historical, currency) Paper money consisting of large-sized notes or bills, printed from 1861 to 1928.
: Right now, I am teaching my daughter about "horse blankets" and that "money used to be this big". Who knows? Maybe she will tell her kids how she can remember when dollars didn't have holes for the blind...
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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