[Pearls Before Swine]

...an officer searched her bag, where he found a condom and 1.25 dollars and arrested her

1.25 dollars? A buck and a quarter? Grounds for search... tight pants and loitering?

She probably was a "ho", but what about unreasonable search?

[dfwgator]

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
Each with a buck and a quarter.
When they came down Jill had two-fifty...

[webstersII]

“1.25 dollars? A buck and a quarter? Grounds for search... tight pants and loitering?”

This sounds bogus.

I thought they couldn’t arrest someone for that without evidence that the person made an offer and negotiated a price.

[Venturer]

If she is a whore she works cheap.

She must be as ugly as Eleonor Clift.