To me, it was money to go home on.
4 seconds sound clip from the Lady Gangster movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:13:12 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I had one summer in Stock in New Jersey and last season I had a swell spot in a show in New York...
- Oh, grouch money. That's what show people call their savings for a really rainy day.
- To me, it was money to go home on.
- Do I wanna go back? Listen, I used to think I hated that place, but now that's all I do want.
- That was money for my ticket I was putting in the bank when they arrested me.
- And it's only because these people here needed a scapegoat that they picked on me.
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