Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (US gambling) the point of ten in craps dice.

1919		A. Baer in Atlanta Constitution 23 Nov. A2/4: The girls have their own labels for the points. Four is Little Josephine. Eight is Ada, from Decatur. Nine is Nellie with the Long Green stockings. Ten is Big Ben.
1962		P. Crump Burn, Killer, Burn! 183: Crow tossed the dice, their roll stopped on ten. ‘Big Ben, I’ve got it made then.’.
1984		A. Sample Racehoss 30: Gets ten for a point [...] ‘Oh, Big Ben!’.
1999		Gaming Mag. 26 Nov. n.p.: Interspersed throughout the book are sections devoted to ‘Down & Dirty Dice Dialect,’ a selection of off-color and, in some cases, downright dirty craps table terms and phrases [...] You can almost hear the stickman yelling ‘Eighter from Decatur,’ ‘Little Joe from Kokomo’ and ‘Big Ben on the end’.
2002		San Diego Books 🌐 If the dice come ten, just call, ‘Big Ben, Big Ben’ and they will ten for you.

2. the number ten.

1932		‘P.P.’ Rhy. Sl.
1972		Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
1992		R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.
2002		B. Kirkpatrick Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl.
2013		T. Peacock More You Bet 66: ’10’ as a number or as money was and is known in rhyming slang as ‘Big Ben’ .

3. ten shillings.

1960

J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.

4. £10.

1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
1972		Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl.
1992		R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.
2002		B. Kirkpatrick Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl.