Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) money.

1900–10		Stephens & O’Brien Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 151: SUGAR: slang for money. syns. – rhyno, brass, spons, spondulix, brass, dibs, beans. gilt, glitter, oot, oof, ooftish, pieces.
1914		E. Dyson Spats’ Fact’ry (1922) 38: Ladies, yer wrong in kickin’ agin the lad what’s cautious with his glitter.

2. (Aus. / US Und.) in pl., cheap or imitation jewellery.

1895		Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 32: Glitter, diamonds.
1914		N.Z. Truth 31 Jan. 2/1: Witness wore her half-century bunch of glitter and afterwards placed it in its case on her dressing table.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).

3. (US Und.) jewelry.

1948

C.S. Montanye ‘This Murder’s On Me’ in Thrilling Detective June 🌐 When they left they had with them a small alligator satchel containing the glitter.

4. (US prison) salt.

1981

Maledicta V:1+2 (Summer + Winter) 267: Salt and pepper are glitter and sneeze.

5. (US gay) powdered methamphetamine.

1972

B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular 96: glitter (kwn SF, hip gay sl, late ’60s) methedrine in powder form.