green goods—
1. fresh vegetables and fruit:
- Mass merchandisers have realized that they can make serious money selling green goods.
2. (sl.) counterfeit money:
- The janitor states that in his opinion, Stillman, Myth and Co. were in the “greengoods” business.
green stuff—
1. various leafy plants (like lettuce) used as food:
- After a luncheon, during which he ate enormous quantities of green stuff, the two went for a walk.
2. (of wood, etc.) not thoroughly dried; unseasoned:
- The fire’s all right. I put out a quart of kerosene and there’s stacks of green stuff.
3. (U.S. sl.) paper money:
- I now have so much green stuff, I don’t know what to do with it.