gonce

English

Noun

gonce (uncountable)

1. (Australia, slang, obsolete) Money.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money

   • 1898 July 2, W[illiam] T[homas] Goodge, “The Tugs of Simpsonville”, in The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation From "The Bulletin", Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Company, published 1902, page 194:

     If you guess how many peas is there you get five blanky pounds! / Fair? and square! / And the nearest guess will get the gonce as sure as you are there!

References

• “gonce n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

• congé, conge, cogen, Genco, genco