noun General Slang

Dunop

/ˈdʌnɒp/ · noun · slang

Cockney back-slang for 'pound' — the big money, said backwards.

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Definitions

1

In coded patter, 'dunop' let a trader signal a big-money customer or deal to a partner without the punter realising the stakes.

“This one's a dunop job — mind your manners and your prices.”
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2

A pound, in money. From 'pound' reversed to 'dunop', the back-slang counterpart to 'yennep' (penny) used when serious sums changed hands.

“He cleared a dunop on the day, a rare and happy market.”
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3

Used for the price of a costlier item or a wholesale lot bought in to sell on.

“The whole crate cost me half a dunop, so I need to shift it fast.”
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Dunop In A Sentence

A dunop for the lot? You're having a laugh, that's robbery.
She kept the dunop notes pinned inside her apron, safe from dips.
Took three good weeks to save a single dunop back then.

Origin & Usage

Cockney costermonger back-slang of the 1840s, the larger-denomination partner to 'yennep', from the coded money vocabulary recorded by Mayhew (1851) and Hotten (1859).

Variants dunope
Tags #cockney#back-slang#british#uk#money

People Also Ask

What does dunop mean?

It means a pound (money) — 'pound' spelled backwards in Cockney back-slang.

Where did dunop come from?

From 1840s London costermonger back-slang, documented by Mayhew and Hotten in their surveys of street life and slang.

How does dunop relate to yennep?

Both are reversed coin names: yennep is a penny, dunop a pound — two ends of the back-slang money scale.

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