chink | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Chink
·noun Money; cash. II. Chink ·vt To cause to open in cracks or fissures. III. Chink ·vt To fill up...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
chink
1) A term used for money; used in various paris of England, as well as in the United States.--Grose....

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.