willie n.3
1. money, esp. money set aside for use in betting.
Lucky Palmer 36: Two quid? Break it down. That’s me willie. That’s all I got. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 45: Anyway, we get this dead set sneak go for a willy in a supermarket. | ||
Rough Wallaby 219: Mugs poised to slip the bookies a ‘willie.’. |
2. a wallet.
Argus (Melbourne) 31 Oct. 9/6: The ‘rip-and-tear man’ usually works with a ‘bumper-up’ - someone who bumps the victim off balance and distracts his attention while the pickpocket ‘lifts’ the ‘willy’ (wallet)’. | ||
‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxiv 4/3: dip in willy: Steal from a person’s pocket. [Ibid.] xliii 11/3: willy: A wallet. | ||
Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 9: He wasted no time in diving into his burrow and extracting his willy. |