| 单词 | fasting penny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfasting penny fasting penny n. English regional (chiefly northern) (now rare) a sum of money paid on hiring a servant, to secure the agreement; = fastening penny. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment by instalment or part-payment > an instalment > earnest money earnest money1349 earnest1424 earnest penny1454 arles1487 bargain-penny1490 handsel1569 impress-money1617 depositum1623 fasting penny1650 deposit1737 arrha1754 handsale1766 fastening penny1811 sign-on1922 1650 N. Stanton Good Masters Plea 143 Take Gods Festing penny, receive his earnest, subscribe to the indentures of his Covenant. 1760 J. Courtney Diary 5 Nov. in Diary Yorks. Gentleman (2001) 30 This evening I hired one Thomas Lamb for my servant at 4 guineas a year... Half crown fasting penny. 1903 Sunderland Daily Echo 29 Dec. 3/7 Ernest Thomas, farm labourer, was committed for trial by the Barnsley magistrates yesterday for alleged ‘fasting penny’ frauds—that is, obtaining money from farmers whose employ he had agreed to enter. < as lemmas |
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