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Synonyms of lolly
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
- I had to cough up the lolly when I lost the bet
Synonyms for lolly
- bread
- [slang],
- bucks,
- cabbage
- [slang],
- cash,
- change,
- chips,
- coin,
- currency,
- dough,
- gold,
- green,
- jack
- [slang],
- kale
- [slang],
- legal tender,
- long green
- [slang],
- loot,
- lucre,
- money,
- moola
- (or moolah)
- [slang],
- needful,
- pelf,
- scratch
- [slang],
- shekels
- (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
- tender,
- wampum
Words Related to lolly
- dead presidents
- [slang],
- folding money,
- paper money,
- scrip
- chump change,
- dibs
- [slang],
- dime,
- mite,
- peanuts,
- pittance,
- shoestring
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The first known use of lolly was in 1854
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