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cucumber noun- a number, usually a telephone number UK
Rhyming slang. - Give me your cucumber and I’ll ring you back. — Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992
- in gambling, an ignorant victim of a cheat US
A play on “green,” the colour of the cucumber and a slang term for “inexperienced.” Often shortened to “cuke.” - — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, p. 261, 1962
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