A wallet. To open the budget; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes required by the minister for the expences of the ensuing year; as Tomorrow the minister will go to the house, and open the budget.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
To Budge * BufeNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
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