dust
n.— «He recently heard a new slang term, “dust,” meaning money, as in, “He better get some dust if he wants to go out with me.” Says North Sider Rehak, “I would argue, “dust” is not a North Side word.”» —“Study of slang a study of language” by Delia O’Hara Chicago Sun-Times Feb. 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they...
When Marilyn from Boston, Massachusetts, used the expression Them’s the berries! with neighbors in her hometown of nearby Arlington, Massachusetts, she was surprised they were unfamiliar with it. The phrase means something like “That’s...