单词 | fall money |
释义 | > as lemmasfall money fall money n. Criminals' slang money set aside by a criminal or gang of criminals for use in the event of being arrested (cf. sense 7a). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for other purposes alms purse1530 privy purse1565 sinking fund1717 stakea1744 pension fund1757 spare-chest1769 road fund1784 revolving fund1793 community chest1796 provident fund1817 sustentation fund1837 wages-fund1848 slush fund1874 treasury chest fund1877 fall money1883 jackpot1884 provision1895 war chest1901 juice1935 fighting fund1940 structural fund1967 appeal fund1976 1883 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 8 Feb. 3/6 $100,000 of the most available securities were set apart to be utilized in raising ‘fall money’—that is, money to help out any of the gang who might be arrested. 1929 ‘C. G. Gordon’ Crooks of Underworld 215 We had often discussed the matter of ‘fall money’. 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp viii. 218 I've got five ‘G's’ in fall money. 2016 D. Hopkinson Bandit's Tale xiv. 101 I might've been caught in the act, and I don't have a bit of fall money put aside. < as lemmas |
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