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Jefferson

/ˈd͡ʒɛfɚsən/ noun C2
  1. A two-dollar bill. (US, slang)

Plural Jeffersons

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Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch Drebber and of Joseph Stangerson.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 77 · B2
A higher Judge had taken the matter in hand, and Jefferson Hope had been summoned before a tribunal where strict justice would be meted out to him.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 79 · B2
It told me that Drebber had already applied for the protection of the law against an old rival in love, named Jefferson Hope, and that this same Hope was at present in Europe.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 84 · B2
All these considerations led me to the irresistible conclusion that Jefferson Hope was to be found among the jarveys of the Metropolis.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 84 · B2

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