COLLECT, COLLECTING, COLLECTION (money)
NOUNS
1843 — QUEST a collection for a charitable purpose → Ireland
.M19 — NOBBING collecting money, ‘passing the hat round’ → sl.
.M19 — NOBBINGS a collection of money, esp. money tossed into a boxing ring after an amateur or boys’ fight → sl.
1851 — CAP the proceeds of an improvised collection → sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
..L19 — NOBBER a collector of money → sl.
VERBS
1843 — QUEST to collect money or provisions as alms → Ireland
.M19 — NOB to collect money; to make a collection after a sporting contest, a performance, etc. → sl.