figurative and in figurative contexts (colloquial). A gold coin; a guinea; a sovereign. Cf. canary, n.5 4. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings (26) goldfinch1602 figurative and in figurative contexts (colloquial). A gold coin; a guinea; a sovereign. Cf. canary, n.5 4. Obsolete. Harry sovereign1615 a sovereign of Henry VII or Henry VIII. piece1631 Any of various English gold coins current in different periods; spec. (a) the unite of James I; (b) a sovereign; (c) a guinea. See also broad-piece… jingle-boya1640 a coin, spec. a sovereign; also, a man who has plenty of money in his pockets. yellow boy1654 A gold coin, esp. a guinea or a sovereign. quid1661 Originally: a sovereign; a guinea. Later: one pound sterling; (formerly also) one Australian pound. marigold1663 slang. A gold coin (probably a sovereign or unite). Obsolete. rare. broad-piece1678 A name applied after the introduction of the guinea in 1663 to the ‘Unite’ or 20 shilling-piece (‘Jacobus’ and ‘Carolus’) of the preceding reigns… pound piecea1715 a piece of money worth a pound; a pound coin. gold penny1736 a gold coin, issued in 1257, of the value of 20 shillings. sovereign1817 A British gold coin of the (nominal) value of one pound. Also attributive as sovereign purse, sovereign scales. dragon1827 slang. A sovereign: from the device of St. George and the Dragon. sov1829 = sovereign, n. 4b. chip?1836 slang. In plural. Money; cash. Frequently in in the chips: (chiefly North American) financially well off; wealthy. couter1846 A sovereign. thick 'un1848 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… monarch1851 British slang. A coin of the value of one pound; = sovereign, n. 4b. Obsolete. James1858 A sovereign. slang. (Cf. Jacobus, n.) skiv1858 A sovereign. Victoria1870 A sovereign minted in the reign of Queen Victoria. goblin1887 A sovereign (sovereign, n. 4a). Cf. Jimmy O'Goblin n. at Jimmy, n.2 5 o'goblin, n. red one1890 a gold coin; spec. (in form red 'un) a sovereign. Jimmy1899 In full, Jimmy O'Goblin n. also with lower-case initials. Rhyming slang for ‘sovereign’, twenty shillings. Cf. goblin, n.2, Jemmy O'Goblin, n. slang. quidlet1902 Originally: a sovereign; (occasionally also) half a sovereign. Later: one pound sterling; (formerly also) one Australian pound. Cf. quid, n.2 Jimmy O'Goblin1931 In full, Jimmy O'Goblin n. also with lower-case initials. Rhyming slang for ‘sovereign’, twenty shillings. Cf. goblin, n.2, Jemmy O'Goblin, n. slang. pound coin1931 a coin worth one pound sterling; (now) one introduced in the United Kingdom on 21 April 1983 and subsequently superseding the pound note; also… |
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