winnings n.
(UK Und.) booty, plunder; payment for criminal activity.
![]() | New Canting Dict. n.p.: winnings Money, or Reward: Winnings for Wapping; Money given a Woman for lying with her. | |
, , , | ![]() | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. 1725]. |
, , | ![]() | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. |
![]() | ‘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]. | |
![]() | Lex. Balatronicum. | |
![]() | Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
![]() | Vocabulum. | |
![]() | Aus. Sl. Dict. 96: Winnings, plunder or stolen goods. |