Entry from OED Online
slang.
[Origin unknown.]
Money.
1953
H. CLEVELY Public Enemy xviii.
114 He hadn't enough dosh on him. 1959
I.
& P. OPIE Lore & Lang. Schoolch. ix. 155 Money..is referred to as..moolah, dosh (common), sploosh, [etc.]. 1970
M.
KENYON 100,000 Welcomes xvi. 139
‘America! The money's in America!’..‘'Tis true. The Yankees have
the dosh all right.’
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