oscar
⇨ Oscar Asche; Oscar Ash; oscar
noun cash; money. Rhyming slang, formed on the name of Australian actor, producer and director, Oscar Asche (1871–1936)
AUSTRALIA, 1905
Oscar
noun
1
a male homosexual. Surely a reference to Oscar Wilde US, 1967.
2
an offensive, unlikeable person US, 1905.
3
a prejudiced, narrow-minded person US, 1973.
4
a handgun US, 1949