lettuce n.1
money in notes; sometimes ext. as lettuce leaves.
Homebuilders 37: Unroll that bunch of lettuce you got in your mit and count out thirty-five bucks. | ||
Manhattan Transfer 151: He pulled out the roll of bills. ‘Ain’t dat a wad o lettuce?’. | ||
Und. Speaks. | ||
[ | Big Con 268: He is somewhat alarmed to see the roper betting his money like so much lettuce]. | |
Never Come Morning (1988) 45: You mean what you’d do if you had the old lettuce, huh? | ||
Chicago Trib. Graphic Section 26 Dec. 7/1: Jive Talk [...] Money. [...] Folding lettuce. | ||
‘Back Door Stuff’ 20 Aug. [synd. col.] You saw all them green lettuce leaves in the top of her stocking. | ||
Best of Manhunt (2019) [ebook] ‘All right, sucker. It’s your lettuce’. | ‘Collector Comes after Payday’ in||
Shiralee 138: How are you off for lettuce? | ||
Pimp 228: She’s bringing each of you a piece of that beautiful lettuce. | ||
Burn 65: All you need now is the mazuma, the dough, the lettuce, the gelt, the loot, the spondulicks. | ||
Lowspeak. | ||
Vinnie Got Blown Away 107: Old days they used to lift TVs. Hard to imagine, in the back window, put some forty-two-inch over your shoulder and out again down the market. Got to be Superman make any lettuce. | ||
🎵 I want cheese and lettuce in my wallet. | ‘One of The Last’||
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 107/1: lettuce n. a $20 note. | ||
Destination: Morgue! (2004) 250: Loose lettuce lolled in my trunk. | ‘Hollywood Fuck Pad’ in||
🎵 Cabbage, lettuce, cash is fetish in me. | ‘Beat’