TILL
NOUNS
1598 — CASH a chest or box for money; a cash-box, a till → obs.
1718 — LOB a box; a till → thieves’ sl.
1848 — DAMPER a cash drawer; a till; in more recent use: a cash register → US criminals’ sl.
1859 — PETER a safe; also, a cash-box or cash register → sl.
1868 — LOB-SNEAKING robbing tills → thieves’ sl.
1890 — JACK AND JILL a till → rhyming sl.
1893 — TILL-TAPPING pilfering from a till
1894 — LOB-CRAWLING robbing tills → thieves’ sl.
1905 — TIN a till for money → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — CHIP a cash-box; a till; a cash drawer without belling device → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1914 — COMBINATION CHIP a till; a cash drawer with belling device → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1914 — DINGER a till; a cash drawer with belling device → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1930 — JACK a till → rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
1930 — RAB a cash register → UK criminals’ sl.
1990 — BENNY HILL a till or cash box → UK rhyming sl.
1990 — BUFFALO BILL a till or cash box → UK rhyming sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1887 — LOB-CRAWLER a till-thief → thieves’ sl.
1893 — TILL-TAPPER one who steals from a till
1904 — DAMPER-GETTER a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers → US criminals’ sl.
VERBS
1848 — DRAW A DAMPER to take or rob a money drawer or till → US sl.
1893 — TURN DOWN THE DAMPER to rob a cash drawer or till → US sl.