sugar

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


slang for money. It may be doubtedif it is specially Australian.

1887. J. Bonwick, `Romance of Wool Trade,' p. 273 (quoting`Victoria, the El Dorado'):

«I hear him sing out `sold again, and got the sugar' (acolonial slang word for ready money); `half a sheep for ashilling.'»

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