noun Street Slang

lizzies

· noun · uk-drill

Money — banknotes with the Queen's face on them.

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Definitions

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Lizzies are British banknotes — named for Queen Elizabeth II, whose portrait was on every note for seventy years. A stack of lizzies is a stack of paper.

“Came home with a bag of lizzies.”
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Also used for mobile phones, especially the trap phone — the line that brings in the lizzies. Less common than the money sense but documented in road talk.

“Both lizzies ringing off, can't keep up.”
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lizzies In A Sentence

Came home with a bag of lizzies.
Both lizzies ringing off, can't keep up.

Origin & Usage

From Queen Elizabeth II's portrait on Bank of England notes; pluralised as 'lizzies' for stacks.

Variants lizzylizzies

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