Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a great deal.

2003

Dagoberto Gilb ‘The Pillows’ on Ploughshares 🌐 ‘If this were L.A.,’ Danny said, handing me another cold bottle of Negra Modelo beer, ‘this would be Mulholland Drive, and it would cost beaucoup.’ No cans of American for him, only the imports. ‘A chingo of bucks, for sure,’ I translated.