subs. (American).—A roll of bank-notes; hence generic for money: see RHINO.
1887. F. FRANCIS, Jun., Saddle and Moccasin, ix. 174. Many scores of these philanthropists, who have spent their lives in looking for men to enrich, whilst anxious only ‘to make a small WAD’ for themselves, have I encountered!
1896. LILLARD, Poker Stories, 102. Even in these days I knew a thing or two about poker, and it would have required George Appo himself to have touched me for my WAD.
