Green’s Dictionary of Slang

geetus n.

money.

1926		J.J. Finerty Criminalese 25: Geetus – Bankroll.
c.1935		‘Mae West in “The Hip Flipper”’ [comic strip] in B. Adelman Tijuana Bibles (1997) 98: [He] spent enough of the old ‘geetus’ to pay the soldier’s bonus.
1936		(ref. to 1920s) L. Duncan Over the Wall 112: I went back to the stick-up racket, for I wanted some cash, geetas dough-ra-me, a bunch of green fodder that makes the world go round.
1940		R.L. Bellem ‘Death’s Passport’ in Goodstone Pulps (1970) 114/2: You will when I show you how to make a stack of geetus from the publicity.
1947		The Five Blazes [song title] All My Geets Are Gone.
1953		W.L. Alderson ‘Carnie Talk’ in AS XXVIII:2 116: geetus, n. Money.
1957		N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Aug. 26: geets: money.
1960		Taunton Courier 23 July 3/6: American slang [...]I dream of a not too hinkty ginch [...] But no geets, no zooly.
1961		(con. 1945) G. Forbes Goodbye to Some (1963) 91: ‘And you pushed out a little gietus?’ [...] ‘It’s there,’ the major says sarcastically, tapping some bills.
1966		D. Westlake Busy Body 25: Plus the geetus for rubbing Willy [...] Don’t forget that, Engel.
1969		Current Sl. III:4 6: Geets, n. Money.
1971		E.E. Landy Underground Dict. (1972) 88: ghedis [...] Money.
1977		P. Hamill Flesh and Blood (1978) 246: That’s all it ever is, boy. Geetus, bread, the green. Money!
1979		‘Iceberg Slim’ Airtight Willie and Me 91: I can take off that ton of geeters this weeks, if plans stand up.
1984		A.D. Foster Starman 207: Geetus. Bread. Money, and lots of it.
1993		J. Logan Slocum and the Tin Star Swindle 88: Three hundred a month. He hadn’t seen that kind of geetus in a long time.
2000		posting at photo.net 5 Feb. 🌐 I’d have preferred the GR1 or supremely the Hexar but didn’t have the geetus.
2004		Thrilling Detective Web Site 🌐 Three ways to support this site [...] 3. Just send us some geetus.