wtf is a gyro?


im not sure if thats how you spell it, but when alex goes into the welfare office to try to get help, and the lady says "we have nowhere to send your gyro", ive never heard of this word. maybe we call it something else in the us? a welfare check maybe? ive heard the term in another british movie but i never knew what it was. thanx.

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It was what the unemployment benefit was paid with, so yes a type of welfare cheque. In those days you just took the giro (drinking token)to the post office to cash it, so you didn't need a bank account.

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