After our conversation about terms for ice cream trucks, a listener reports that her harried mother used to tell her kids that the cheery sounds wafting through their neighborhood were from the music truck. This is part of a complete episode.
whippy
n.— «Whippy: money divvied up by police when found during a search.» —“A Dictionary Of Corruption” Sydney Morning Herald May 1, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)