money. Possibly a combination of 'dollars' and 'cash'; there are also suggestions that the etymology leads back to DOSS (temporary accommodation), hence, it has been claimed, the money required 'to doss', or Scottish dialect doss (tobacco pouch, a purse containing something of value) – note, too, that tobacco is related to money via QUID. US 'dosh' didn't survive but in mid-C20 UK and Australia the word was resurrected, or coincidentally recoined US, 1854

to give UK, 1999