Dosh
Posted by ESC on March 22, 2002 DOSH - "n British. Money. This is a working-class term from the
early 1950s which was falling out of use in the 1960s, but which,
like many similar words (bunce, loot, lolly, etc.) was revived in
the money-conscious late 1980s. It is a favourite with alternative
comedians and 'professional cockneys.' The original would seem logically
to be the old African colonial term 'dash,' denoting a tip or bribe,
but other authorities claim that it is influenced by 'doss,' in
the sense of the price of a bed (for the night)." From "Dictionary
of Contemporary Slang" by Tony Thorne (Pantheon Books, New York,
1990).
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