sugar and honey, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sugar and honey n.

[rhy. sl.]

money.

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1880		D.W. Barrett Life and Work among Navvies 42: I shall go and get my sugar and honey and be off to another Solomon.
1927		Shields Dly News 2 Dec. 2/7: I gave him a ‘goddess Diana’ (tanner) and he said: Thank you for the ‘sugar and honey’ (money) .
1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).
1953		J. Franklyn Cockney 293: He supposes he’d better hand out the sugar and honey (money) before leaving.
1960, 1975		Wentworth & Flexner DAS.
1972		Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.