scrip, n.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

scrip n.¹

[SE scrip, a scrap of paper or a certificate of indebtedness, as issued to workers in lieu of actual cash]

(US) $1.

1902		E. Townsend Chimmie Fadden and Mr Paul 19–20: [I] shall sit in at bridge, if you say so. But [...] it would be quicker relief—and less trouble—to trun me scrip on de log fire.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).