Cockney Money Terms
archer = two thousand pounds (£2,000), late 20th century, from the Jeffrey Archer court case in which he was alleged to have bribed call-girl Monica Coughlan with this amount. ayrton senna/ayrton = tenner (ten pounds, £10) – cockney rhyming slang created in the 1980s or early 90s, from the name of the peerless Brazilian world champion Formula…