Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dot n.3

1. in pl., money [? SE dot, a dowry].

[US]Matsell Vocabulum.
[US]Trumble Sl. Dict. (1890).
[Aus]Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 25: Dots, money.
[UK]Partridge DSUE (1984) 333/2: from ca. 1880.

2. (UK Und.) in pl., piano keys.

[US](con. 1910–20s) D. Mackenzie Hell’s Kitchen 118: Dots ... piano keys.
[UK]Thieves Slang ms list from District Police Training Centre, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwicks 4: Dots: Piano keys.

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