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readies; reddies noun cash money UK, 1937 A variation, not a plural, of READY, in turn an abbreviation of “ready money”.- We’ll need a total shark for a manager and once he’s overseen our meteoric rise to the top of the hit parade, we’ll have the readies to sue his arse! — Stewart Home, Sex Kick [britpulp], p. 216, 1999
- What’s that go for? Sixty grand? Maybe walk away with half that in readies. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 18, 2001
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