Boodle - Slang term in the US / UK for ill-gotten money.
Brass - A northern English term that coined from the phrase "Where there's muck, there's brass." In reference to scrap dealers.
Buck - American slang coming from when people were using deer hides as currency.
Cheese - A USA term deriving from when Americans that were on Welfare recieved cheese as benefits.
 
Monkey - London slang for £500. Derived from the 500 rupee 
Quid - Quid po Quo means 'Something for Something' in Latin.
Spondoolicks -  Deriving from the Greek word Spondulys which means ‘shell'.
Tudse - 1,000 KR is called a Tusind Krone Seddel, so when it is shortened to Tudse it becomes the Danish equivilant of Toad. 
Wonga - Derived from Romani Wongar, meaning 'coal'.
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