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banger
 n.— «The person in the shop handed over the bag and said: “Here’s the bangers.” (slang for money.)» —“Sunday Mirror Investigates Scandal Of Bribe To Escape Prison Term: Cash For Pardons” by Graham Johnson The Mirror (U.K.) Oct. 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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