A name for the teston, n. of Henry VIII, esp. as debased and depreciated; subsequently a colloquial or slang term for a sixpence.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence (25) tester1560 A name for the teston, n. of Henry VIII, esp. as debased and depreciated; subsequently a colloquial or slang term for a sixpence. half-shilling1561 half-shilling, quarter-shilling, Tudor coins of the value of 6d. and 3d. respectively. teston1577 A name for the sixpenny piece; = tester, n.3 mill sixpence1592 a silver sixpence of a type made using the mill machinery at the Royal Mint in London between 1561 and 1571. crinklepouch1593 A sixpence. sixpencea1616 Historical. A British silver (subsequently cupro-nickel) coin worth six pennies. testrila1616 A sixpence. piga1640 slang (originally cant). A sixpence. Obsolete. sice1660 slang. Sixpence. Simon1699 slang. A sixpence. sow's-baby1699 (see quots.). kick1725 A sixpence. cripple1785 slang. A sixpence. Cf. bender, n. 6. grunter1785 slang. A shilling (? obsolete) or a sixpence. tilbury1796 A sixpenny piece; sixpence. slang. Obsolete. tizzy1804 A sixpenny-piece. Also in combinations, as tizzy-snatcher n. Nautical slang an assistant paymaster. tanner1811 A sixpence. Also attributive. bender1836 slang. A sixpence. (? Because it bends easily.) lord of the manor1839 Rhyming slang for a tanner (tanner, n.2). Occasionally in the contracted form lord. Now historical and rare. snid1839 A sixpence. sprat1839 slang. British, Australian, and New Zealand. A small coin of little value; spec. a sixpence. Now rare. fiddler1846 slang. A sixpence. sixpenny bit or piece1897 Amounting to, having the value of, sixpence. zac1898 A sixpence. sprasey1905 A sixpence. |
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