Quids

"Two to one the bush is swarming with themin quids," ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Two to one the bush is swarming with them — in quids," Albright whispered. ❋ Unknown (1911)

And so on till he gets to the matter of the refused quids, which is cleared up at the expense of the messenger. ❋ Henry Lawson (1894)

Most editors and reporters in non-union shops aren't getting anywhere near that; they aren't getting access to a pension plan or "quids"; they have or probably will lose their 401k match; etc. ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Determined not to lose the 'poke,' which had a good many 'quids' in it, I watched the 'copper,' and prigged it out of his pocket again. ❋ A Merchant - Anonymous (N/A)

But what shall I say of those preachers who chew in the pulpit, and thus defile the holy of holies; who pile their cold "quids" under the sacred desk, to the great annoyance of their anti-tobacco successors? ❋ Unknown (1857)

Type "Gambling Help" on Google UK (so as to get help to cure your gambling addiction), and what you'll get is a sponsored link for a British bookmaker that offers you 10 bucks ( "quids" as they say) for free. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's cheap – employ hard-up poets or novelists looking for a sinecure for a nominal sum, hoover up fees from aspirational students, and the institution is quids in. ❋ Unknown (2011)

While dealers in "shabby chic" vintage furniture are quids in, and the internet trade in original Danish modernist furniture is booming on auction sites such as eBay, Habitat has signally failed to establish itself as the home of good contemporary design. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That's a fancy idea, I trade my citizenship for a few quids if someone jolly wants it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Right now, all's you gotta do is chuck a few quids (or bucks) my way via the "Feed the Madman" button and you get a spiffy pdf of the 6500 word short story "Jack Scallywag" (preview here). ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

If I, as a Police Officer, were to say, burgle a house and steal a couple of hundred quids worth of stuff - I would be looking at serious jail. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

She loves the law and admires the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the debacle of crowning George Bush in 2000, by a party line vote, and quids pro quo for the winning team. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Newcastle were quids in when the music stopped but in this party game it takes four months to start up again. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Moreover Uefa's complicated calculus for its distributions to English clubs – weighting payments according to domestic finishes the previous season and the number of games they play as a proportion of English participation – means Liverpool are quids in. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And no time's too soon to start drawing up quids pro quo. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In short, private sector donors weren't getting sufficient "pro quos" for their "quids." ❋ Mark Steinberg (2010)

[Oh my god]... [I think I'm] going to have the quids... everyone [run]... ❋ Brad And April Brew (2007)

"[That'll] be a quid [mate]" "That's going to set you back about 3, 4 [hundred] quid" ❋ Dr_newstead (2004)

1. Bill was [quids in] from his bet at the races 2. "Mate, did you see the way that girl with [the massive] [rack] was looking at me? I'm quids in tonight" ❋ Richard "Docking" Brown (2009)

U could [get that] [whore] for a quid ❋ The Daddy (2003)

Man: I'll give you [twenty] quid. Whore: Sorry, mate, that's [not enough] to get in my [boot]! ❋ Ern (2005)

‘Hey man, [I got us] some [quids]’ ‘[Hell yeah dude], let’s get high af’ ❋ Hellsbells1 (2018)

['ere], sell us some fags' 'that'll be five quid' cigarettes are so [overpriced], [y'know]? ❋ Rob (2005)

[I need] [twenty] [thousand] quid for my new car ❋ _GoD_ (2004)

"how much [quid] do you [have on] you?" - person 1 "i've got more half two nothing half two ([61])" - person 2 ❋ Mr Bin (2023)

Person 1: Lets [get baked] tonight. Person 2: I'm getting tested on the 10th, but I prepared some [quids] for us to take. Person 1: Allright, I guess I'm up for [trippin balls] out. ❋ Isar (2006)