Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Five hundred years of the vulgar tongue

‘Quite simply the best historical dictionary of English slang there is, ever has been […] or is ever likely to be’​ — Journal of English Language and Linguistics

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telephone number, n. [1940s+] an extremely large sum; usu. of money but see cites 1950, 1963, 1964; recent use is pl.; also in phr. talking telephone numbers.

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