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gate money noun the cash given to a prisoner upon release from prison US, 1931- [H]e signed his parole papers and was issued a hundred dollars in gate money. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 388, 1990
- Foley came out with his fifty dollars gate money and took a bus to L.A. where Buddy was waiting for him in a car he’d boosted for the occasion. — Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight, p. 25, 1996
- The career burglar had previously lived in the Crenshaw area and the Inland Empire, but he had only $200 in “gate” money and needed a quick place to shower and sleep. — Los Angeles Times, p. 1, 30 November 2002
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