| 单词 | abraham newland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAbraham Newland A Bank of England note of a kind originally issued by Abraham Newland, chief cashier of the Bank of England; esp. a pound note issued between 1797 and 1826. Also more fully Abraham Newland. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > English banknotes > [noun] bank circulation1714 country note1767 Newland1794 1794 in Catal. Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1942) VII. 130 Damn me, Tom, she was right, the Flat melts, There's an Abraham Newland..peeping out of his pocket book already. 1797 in Catal. Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1942) VII. 362 The Flat melts a little more gammon Billy theres an Abraham Newland..peeping out already. 1801 Sporting Mag. 17 243 The cash was likewise composed of paper commonly called young Newlands. 1801 W. Dimond Sea-side Story ii. i. 40 Och! but that little snug Abraham Newland of your's did the business. 1823 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 21/2 Forth from his bill-case this votary of Plutus drew his nitid Newlands. 1922 S. J. Weyman Ovington's Bank v. 64 Ovington's had ventured on an issue of notes... Some had had the bad taste to prefer the Abraham Newlands. 1994 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. 23 The Bank says it is not particularly rare, and that there are several £2 Newlands in its museum. < as lemmas |
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