slum

[Jonathan Lighter]

Here it transparently means "a dollar."  But why?  I don't believe I've seen this sense before.

  1863 _Hooley's Opera House Songster_ (N.Y.: Dick & FitzGerald) 32: "So I‭'‭ll go and jump a bounty, / And have a little spree." / Joe went and put his name down,/  And got three hundred " slums," / And then skedaddled and ran away.

  JL


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