Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) currency notes issued during the government of Prime Minister Andrew Fisher (1862–1928).

1935

Parliament of Tasmania Report of Select Committee on Monetary System n.p.: Supporters of the system try to discourage the idea that any reform or alteration is necessary. The foundation of the Commonwealth Bank, for example, was greeted with declamatory cries of ‘Fisher’s flimsies!’.