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six-for-fiver
noun
a money lender who operates informally to advance workers money on their wages US- At that time, Jake, a former roustabout with the Ringling Brothers Circus, had been a six-for-fiver around the pioneer tent and shack towns. That is, he bought wages from workers in advance of their due date, giving the needy borrower five dollars for each six he had coming. — Jim Thompson, Bad Boy, p. 324, 1953
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