Duchess of Teck; duchess
noun a cheque. Rhyming slang, formed from the title of Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Mary ('Princess May') of Teck (1867–1953), queen consort of George V, or from her mother, Princess Mary Adelaide, who was entitled Duchess of Teck from 1871. The husband,
DUKE OF TECK, serves the same purpose in slang
UK, 1960