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thick 'un slang.|ˈθɪkən|
Also thick one.
[f. thick a. + un, 'un2 (= one pron.).]
Formerly, a gold sovereign (half a thick 'un, ten shillings); to smash a thick 'un (see smash v.2 2). Also, a crown or five-shilling piece, and rarely in mod. use applied loosely to a pound.
1848Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court (Kent cases) 7 Mar. 847 Would not a thick one or two be very serviceable this cold weather? 1862Cornh. Mag. Nov. 648 If you like..I will send a few thickuns. 1888J. Payn Eavesdropper ii. ii. 79 ‘Can you smash a thick un for me?’ inquired one, handing his friend a sovereign. 1897Hall Caine Christian iv. iv. 376 A ‘thick 'un’? Oh, that was a sovereign, half a thick'un half a sovereign. 1926‘Sapper’ Final Count iii. 66 Done with you, your Graces; a thick 'un it is. 1968Gloss. Brit. Argot (Paramount Pictures), Quid, nicker, thick 'un, one pound. |