单词 | daddler |
释义 | daddlern. English regional (London) slang. Now historical and rare. A farthing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > farthing farthingc950 ferlingc1000 quadransOE quarter1389 quadrantc1450 quatrinc1470 Q1530 quadrine1557 rag1592 qua1631 grig1657 Jack?c1690 fadge1789 daddler1900 1900 Illustr. Chips 24 Mar. 8/1 He shall have a daddler's-worth of brandy-balls for being good! 1907 Daily Chron. 26 July 4/7 East-end carman..assures us that a farthing is a dadler. 1914 Amer. Mag. Jan. 43/2 Sometimes one of the girls gave George a farthing, which he called a daddler. These daddlers he saved up till he had four of them. 1976 R. Barnes Coronation Cups & Jam Jars iv. 70 You don't see the farthing any more now, but we used to know it as a dadler. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900 |
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