taw n.
1. (Aus.) a first-rate person.
Benno and Some of the Push 88: ‘That’s bon tosh,’ said Cilly, with enthusiasm. ‘Benno, you’re a taw.’. | ‘At the Opera’ in
2. cash in hand; funds.
Ulysses 280: An old plumber named Geraghty. I’m hanging on to his taw now for the past fortnight and I can’t get a penny out of him. | ||
Runyon on Broadway (1954) 372: Figuring to provide himself with a larger taw to bet on the certain horse. | ‘The Lemon Drop Kid’ in||
Runyon à la Carte 54: I will have a nice taw for the races at Churchill Downs. | ||
Love Is a Racket 129: ‘What kind of taw you got?’ ‘About twenty-five hundred.’. |