Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) booty, plunder; payment for criminal activity.

1725

175018001850

1895

1725		New Canting Dict. n.p.: winnings Money, or Reward: Winnings for Wapping; Money given a Woman for lying with her.
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. 1725].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
c.1790		‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: And when dat he mill’d a fat slap, / He me-ri-ly melted de winner / To snack wid de boys of de Pad* [*footnote: The last Line of every Verse is to be spoken in the Newgate Style].
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.
1895		Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 96: Winnings, plunder or stolen goods.