go whacks

English

Verb

go whacks (third-person singular simple present goes whacks, present participle going whacks, simple past went whacks, past participle gone whacks)

  1. (slang, archaic) To divide the profits from an enterprise equally; to enter into partnership.
    • 27 July 1909, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Louie Burrows:
      You may go whacks with me in that, if you like, and then we will go whacks in the profits – when they come

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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