fruit and flowers

== English == === Etymology === Such illicit purchases might be explained away in a budget as spending on fruit and flowers. === Noun === fruit and flowers pl (plural only) (euphemistic, jargon, especially in the music business) Illicit purchased items such as recreational drugs or prostitutes. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fruit and flowers. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fruit,‎ flower. ==== Usage notes ==== Used in accounting documents, contract riders, or other business records in order to record money spent on illicit materials without explicitly naming them. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:recreational drug