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gold
noun- money US, 1940
- A lot of the guys who hung around were squares who worked for their gold, more gamblers than gangsters[.] — Milton Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 20, 1946
- I got back all right with all the gold and gave it to Juan. He threw me the twenty[.] — Hal Ellson, Duke, p. 73, 1949
- “Can you lend me some gold?” he asked Porter. — Chandler Brossard, Who Walks in Darkness, p. 11, 1952
- Just give me the gold. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 93, 1961
- — Mr., p. 9, April 1966: “The hippie’s lexicon”
- used generically for jewellery, especially goods that are traded illicitly UK
- This is when Matty was on his feet, buying and selling gold. — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 73, 2000
- a type of bet in an illegal lottery US
- He played the money row, lucky lady, happy days, true love, sun gonna shine, gold, silver, diamonds, dollars and whiskey. — Chester Himes, A Rage in Harlem, p. 23, 1957
- potent marijuana US
Often combined with a place name for the formation of place plus colour. - Claude asks me if I want to smoke some gold and lays a joint on me–I take it and put in on Billy. — The Digger Papers, p. 10, August 1968
- in drag racing and hot rodding, a trophy or prize US
- — Lyle K. Engel, The Complete Book of Fuel and Gas Dragsters, p. 151, 1968
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