Usually now meaning one pound coins. 4. Ned was seemingly not pluralised when referring to a number of guineas, eg., 'It'll cost you ten ned..' A half-ned was half a guinea. In this sort of dipping or dibbing, a dipping rhyme would be spoken, coinciding with the pointing or touchung of players in turn, eliminating the child on the final word, for example: dinarly/dinarla/dinaly = a shilling (1/-), from the mid-1800s, also transferred later to the decimal equivalent 5p piece, from the same roots that produced the 'deaner' shilling slang and variations, i.e., Roman denarius and then through other European dinar coins and variations. small amount of money synonyms and antonyms in the English synonyms dictionary, see also 'small-time',smell',small-minded',sally', definition. Originated in the 1800s from the backslang for penny. From the Hebrew word and Israeli monetary unit 'shekel' derived in Hebrew from the silver coin 'sekel' in turn from the word for weight 'sakal'. MORE : Here’s how to spot the absolute worst people on Instagram, according to science, Get your need-to-know Potentially confused with and supported by the origins and use of similar motsa (see motsa entry). "Dough" is slang for money, so you are making money as though you were raking it in from a large pile. Top synonyms for big money (other words for big money) are great deal of money, lot of money and lots of money. Bread meaning money is also linked with with the expression 'earning a crust', which alludes to having enough money to pay for one's daily bread. Silver threepenny coins were first introduced in the mid-1500s but were not popular nor minted in any serious quantity for general circulation until around 1760, because people preferred the fourpenny groat. a large amount of money, wealth What does the idiom 'raking in the dough' mean? From the 1800s, by association with the small fish. London slang from the 1980s, derived simply from the allusion to a thick wad of banknotes. Slang money words, meanings and origins, ' K' entry on the cliches and words origins page, 'dip dip sky blue who's it not you' (the word 'you' meant elimination for the corresponding child), 'ibble-obble black bobble ibble obble out' ('out' meant elimination). (considerable amount of money) gran suma nf nombre femenino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente femenino, que lleva los artículos la o una en singular, y las o unas en plural. He owes me five large . It never really caught on and has died out now...". … odds; shrapnel; slummy; Having Large Amounts of. "Yo how much that chain cost you?" If you died within seven years of giving them this monetary gift, they might have to pay Inheritance Tax on it. Double click on any word for its definition. flim/flimsy = five pounds (£5), early 1900s, so called because of the thin and flimsy paper on which five pound notes of the time were printed. brown = a half-penny or ha'penny. Sadly the word is almost obsolete now, although the groat coin is kept alive in Maundy Money. Very occasionally older people, students of English or History, etc., refer to loose change of a small amount of coin money as groats. Find another word for huge. The biblical text (from Acts chapter 10 verse 6) is: "He (Peter) lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side..", which was construed by jokers as banking transaction instead of a reference to overnight accommodation. The crossword clue 'Large amount: slang' published 1 time⁄s and has 1 unique answer⁄s on our system. silver = silver coloured coins, typically a handful or piggy-bankful of different ones - i.e., a mixture of 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p. Find more ways to say big money, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus. There seems no explanation for long-tailed other than being a reference to extended or larger value. ned = a guinea. Not pluralised for a number of pounds, eg., 'It cost me twenty nicker..' From the early 1900s, London slang, precise origin unknown. Separately bottle means money generally and particularly loose coinage, from the custom of passing a bottle for people to give money to a busker or street entertainer. Origins of dib/dibs/dibbs are uncertain but probably relate to the old (early 1800s) children's game of dibs or dibstones played with the knuckle-bones of sheep or pebbles. Usually meaning a large amount of spending money held by a person when out enjoying themselves. by cubano520 August 03, 2009 8 4. The modern 75% copper 25% nickel composition was introduced in 1947. greens = money, usually old-style green coloured pound notes, but actully applying to all money or cash-earnings since the slang derives from the cockney rhyming slang: 'greengages' (= wages). Another word for big money. Money Slang. Here’s how to spot the absolute worst people on Instagram, according to science. sir isaac = one pound (£1) - used in Hampshire (Southern England) apparently originating from the time when the one pound note carried a picture of Sir Isaac Newton. From the late 18th century according to most sources, London slang, but the precise origin is not known. 51. lots of money. Ned was traditionally used as a generic name for a man around these times, as evidenced by its meaning extending to a thuggish man or youth, or a petty criminal (US), and also a reference (mainly in the US) to the devil, (old Ned, raising merry Ned, etc). a large amount of money that will make someone rich for ever. More rarely from the early-mid 1900s fiver could also mean five thousand pounds, but arguably it remains today the most widely used slang term for five pounds. Brewer also references the Laird of Sillabawby, a 16th century mintmaster, as a possible origin. London has for centuries been extremely cosmopolitan, both as a travel hub and a place for foreign people to live and work and start their own busineses. Each state might have different slang words to go along with different American accents. Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony. half a crown = two shillings and sixpence (2/6), and more specifically the 2/6 coin. The number of money slang words may surprise you: if you bet on it, you might make some bank. thick'un/thick one = a crown (5/-) or a sovereign, from the mid 1800s. Incidentally the Hovis bakery was founded in 1886 and the Hovis name derives from Latin, Hominis Vis, meaning 'strength of man'. I personally feel (and think I recall) there was some transference of the Joey slang to the sixpence (tanner) some time after the silver threepenny coin changed to the brass threepenny bit (which was during the 1930-40s), and this would have been understandable because the silver sixpence was similar to the silver threepence, albeit slightly larger. First Known Use of gob. Precise origin of the word ned is uncertain although it is connected indirectly (by Chambers and Cassells for example) with a straightforward rhyming slang for the word head (conventional ockney rhyming slang is slightly more complex than this), which seems plausible given that the monarch's head appeared on guinea coins. A nicker bit is a one pound coin, and London cockney rhyming slang uses the expression 'nicker bits' to describe a case of diarrhoea. See entry under 'nicker'. I am also informed (thanks K Inglott, March 2007) that bob is now slang for a pound in his part of the world (Bath, South-West England), and has also been used as money slang, presumably for Australian dollars, on the Home and Away TV soap series. Cockney rhyming slang from the late 1800s. Backslang also contributes several slang money words. Modern slang from London, apparently originating in the USA in the 1930s. Tom Mix initially meant the number six (and also fix, as in difficult situation or state of affairs), and extended later in the 1900s to mean six pounds. with 4 letters was last seen on the January 01, 1959.We think the likely answer to this clue is PILE.Below are all possible answers to this clue ordered by its rank. More popular in the 1960s than today. nugget/nuggets = a pound coin (£1) or money generally. sovs = pounds. Interestingly mill is also a non-slang technical term for a tenth of a USA cent, or one-thousandth of a dollar, which is an accounts term only - there is no coinage for such an amount. See more words with the same meaning: a period of time . informal a lot of money. Backslang evolved for similar reasons as cockney rhyming slang, i.e., to enable private or secret conversation among a particular community, which in the case of backslang is generally thought initially to have been street and market traders, notably butchers and greengrocers. large sum n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. motsa/motsah/motzer = money. net gen = ten shillings (10/-), backslang, see gen net. Large amounts of money - related words and phrases | Cambridge SMART Vocabulary (Thanks M Johnson, Jan 2008). Bice could also occur in conjunction with other shilling slang, where the word bice assumes the meaning 'two', as in 'a bice of deaners', pronounced 'bicerdeaners', and with other money slang, for example bice of tenners, pronounced 'bicertenners', meaning twenty pounds. A 'double-finnif' (or double-fin, etc) means ten pounds; 'half-a-fin' (half-a-finnip, etc) would have been two pounds ten shillings (equal to £2.50). Exemplos: la mesa, una tabla. According to Mr Wise: ‘Arguably, the smaller the amount of money, the less likely it is that the original owner would be found (as they would be less likely to be looking for it). Money Slang. This contributed to the development of some 'lingua franca' expressions, i.e., mixtures of Italian, Greek, Arabic, Yiddish (Jewish European/Hebrew dialect), Spanish and English which developed to enable understanding between people of different nationalities, rather like a pidgin or hybrid English. simon = sixpence (6d). In parts of the US 'bob' was used for the US dollar coin. From cockney rhyming slang clodhopper (= copper). kibosh/kybosh = eighteen pence (i.e., one and six, 1/6, one shilling and sixpence), related to and perhaps derived from the mid-1900s meaning of kibosh for an eighteen month prison sentence. a pot/crock of gold phrase. saucepan = a pound, late 1800s, cockney rhyming slang: saucepan lid = quid. madza caroon = half-a-crown (2/6) from the mid 1800s. Each country has a different currency, and therefore different slang words for it. informal a very small amount of money. 3 letter words GEL - GOO - JAM - OOF - PAP - ROB - TIN - WAX 4 letter words The sixpenny piece used to be known long ago as a 'simon', possibly (ack L Bamford) through reference to the 17th century engraver at the Royal Mint, Thomas Simon. chip in. grip: [noun] a long time. A variation of sprat, see below. MORE : How many medals has Great Britain won at the Winter Olympics? For Terry's detailed and fascinating explanation of the history of K see the ' K' entry on the cliches and words origins page. The original derivation was either from Proto-Germanic 'skell' meaning to sound or ring, or Indo-European 'skell' split or divide. Stiver also earlier referred to any low value coin. Yennep is backslang. putting chips into the centre of the table being necessary to continue playing. Originated in the USA in the 1920s, logically an association with the literal meaning - full or large. All very vague and confusing. Mezzo/madza was and is potentially confused with, and popularity supported by, the similar 'motsa' (see motsa entry). Almost certainly and logically derived from the slang 'doss-house', meaning a very cheap hostel or room, from Elizabethan England when 'doss' was a straw bed, from 'dossel' meaning bundle of straw, in turn from the French 'dossier' meaning bundle. We've arranged the synonyms in length order so that they are easier to find. Money, in slang. To acquire or come into possession of something very beneficial or perfectly suited for one. It would seem that the 'biscuit' slang term is still evolving and might mean different things (£100 or £1,000) to different people. Initially London slang, especially for a fifty pound note. subsistence noun. From the fact that a ton is a measurement of 100 cubic feet of capacity (for storage, loading, etc). Half is also used as a logical prefix for many slang words which mean a pound, to form a slang expresion for ten shillings and more recently fifty pence (50p), for example and most popularly, 'half a nicker', 'half a quid', etc. Cassells also suggests possible connection with 'spondylo-' referring to spine or vertebrae, based on the similarity between a stack of coins and a spine, which is referenced in etymologist Michael Quinion's corespondence with a Doug Wilson, which cites the reference to piled coins (and thereby perhaps the link to sponylo/spine) thus: "Spondulics - coin piled for counting..." from the 1867 book A Manual of the Art of Prose Composition: For the Use of Colleges and Schools, by John Mitchell Bonnell. oncer = (pronounced 'wunser'), a pound , and a simple variation of 'oner'. Boodle normally referred to ill-gotten gains, such as counterfeit notes or the proceeds of a robbery, and also to a roll of banknotes, although in recent times the usage has extended to all sorts of money, usually in fairly large amounts. 'Bob a nob', in the early 1800s meant 'a shilling a head', when estimating costs of meals, etc. be taken too seriously! oxford = five shillings (5/-), also called a crown, from cockney rhyming slang oxford scholar = dollar, dollar being slang for a crown. Origin unknown, although I received an interesting suggestion (thanks Giles Simmons, March 2007) of a possible connection with Jack Horner's plum in the nursery rhyme. Are you looking for more answers, or do you have a question for other crossword enthusiasts? Initially suggested (Mar 2007) by a reader who tells me that the slang term 'biscuit', meaning £100, has been in use for several years, notably in the casino trade (thanks E). Derivation in the USA would likely also have been influenced by the slang expression 'Jewish Flag' or 'Jews Flag' for a $1 bill, from early 20th century, being an envious derogatory reference to perceived and stereotypical Jewish success in business and finance. Nick Ratnieks suggests the tanner was named after a Master of the Mint of that name. The Joey slang word seems reasonably certainly to have been named after the politician Joseph Hume (1777-1855), who advocated successfully that the fourpenny groat be reintroduced, which it was in 1835 or 1836, chiefly to foil London cab drivers (horse driven ones in those days) in their practice of pretending not to have change, with the intention of extorting a bigger tip, particularly when given two shillings for a two-mile fare, which at the time cost one shilling and eight-pence. That's about 20p. Presumably there were different versions and issues of the groat coin, which seems to have been present in the coinage from the 14th to the 19th centuries. (Thanks R Bambridge). F. Favorite. However, when it comes down to money, it is probably worth getting your head around the lingo, to prevent you handing over, or receiving, a wildly incorrect amount because you got the wrong word. The word cows means a single pound since technically the word is cow's, from cow's licker. Variations on the same theme are moolah, mola, mulla. Synonyms Antonyms Definitions Examples Parts of speech. gen net/net gen = ten shillings (1/-), backslang from the 1800s (from 'ten gen'). Normally associated with heavy as well. Also meant to lend a shilling, apparently used by the middle classes, presumably to avoid embarrassment. hog = confusingly a shilling (1/-) or a sixpence (6d) or a half-crown (2/6), dating back to the 1600s in relation to shilling. coal = a penny (1d). I am grateful to J Briggs for confirming (March 2008): "...I live in Penistone, South Yorks (what we call the West Riding) and it was certainly called a 'Brass Maggie' in my area. Probably London slang from the early 1800s. Partridge doesn't say). Normally refers to notes and a reasonable amount of spending money. hit the jackpot 1. See more. No plural version; it was 'thirty bob' not 'thirty bobs'. Silver featured strongly in the earliest history of British money, so it's pleasing that the word still occurs in modern money slang. Bacon – No this is not about food. From the 1920s, and popular slang in fast-moving business, trading, the underworld, etc., until the 1970s when it was largely replaced by 'K'. Intriguingly I've been informed (thanks P Burns, 8 Dec 2008) that the slang 'coal', seemingly referring to money - although I've seen a suggestion of it being a euphemism for coke (cocaine) - appears in the lyrics of the song Oxford Comma by the band Vampire weekend: "Why would you lie about how much coal you have? See yennep. © Copyright Learn English Network - All Rights Reserved. London slang from the 1980s, derived simply from the allusion to a thick wad of banknotes. The word can actually be traced back to Roman times, when a 'Denarius Grossus' was a 'thick penny' (equivalent). deuce = two pounds, and much earlier (from the 1600s) tuppence (two old pence, 2d), from the French deus and Latin duos meaning two (which also give us the deuce term in tennis, meaning two points needed to win). kick = sixpence (6d), from the early 1700s, derived purely from the lose rhyming with six (not cockney rhyming slang), extending to and possible preceded and prompted by the slang expression 'two and a kick' meaning half a crown, i.e., two shillings and sixpence, commonly expressed as 'two and six', which is a more understandable association. Within a single language community some of the slang terms vary across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata, but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (for example, "buck" for a dollar or similar currency in various nations including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, An 'oxford' was cockney rhyming slang for five shillings (5/-) based on the dollar rhyming slang: 'oxford scholar'. Usually retains singular form (G rather than G's) for more than one thousand pounds, for example "Twenty G". brass = money. Marcy hit the jackpot with her new job—it's basically her dream job, plus a huge salary. Folding, folding stuff and folding money are all popular slang in London. Are you looking for more answers, or do you have a question for other crossword enthusiasts? Loot: money (originally denoted goods obtained illicitly or as the spoils of war) 31. A potentially confusing aspect of slang terms for money is that the names of coins are often used as slang terms for bill amounts. We found one answer for the crossword clue Very large amount, slang. ayrton senna/ayrton = tenner (ten pounds, £10) - cockney rhyming slang created in the 1980s or early 90s, from the name of the peerless Brazilian world champion Formula One racing driver, Ayrton Senna (1960-94), who won world titles in 1988, 90 and 91, before his tragic death at San Marino in 1994. bag/bag of sand = grand = one thousand pounds (£1,000), seemingly recent cockney rhyming slang, in use from around the mid-1990s in Greater London; perhaps more widely too. oner = (pronounced 'wunner'), commonly now meaning one hundred pounds; sometimes one thousand pounds, depending on context. 5 large is 5 large bills. Not always, but often refers to money in coins, and can also refer to riches or wealth. The amount owed either by or two a gambler or sportsbook. Equivalent to 10p - a tenth of a pound. Caser was slang also for a US dollar coin, and the US/Autralian slang logically transferred to English, either or all because of the reference to silver coin, dollar slang for a crown, or the comparable value, as was. Cockney rhyming slang, from 'poppy red' = bread, in turn from 'bread and honey' = money. There is also a view that Joey transferred from the threepenny bit to the sixpence when the latter became a more usual minimum fare in London taxi-cabs. Etymology: Some things are so expensive that they are painful to buy, and cost everything you have. Silver threepences were last issued for circulation in the United Kingdom in 1941 but the final pieces to be sent overseas for colonial use were dated 1944. Terms for Large Amounts of Money Megabucks (1946) Not too many occurrences in COHA. Popular Australian slang for money, now being adopted elsewhere. I'm convinced these were the principal and most common usages of the Joey coin slang. 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