quidsworthn.
/ˈkwɪdzwəːθ/, /ˈkwɪdzwəθ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdzˌwərθ/ Chiefly British colloquial.
Preceded by a quantifier: the amount of anything which may be bought for that number of pounds. Cf. quid n.2
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > quantity of goods bought for specific sum
pennyworth?a1400
sum1443
quidsworth1940
1940 Punch 2 Oct. 344/3 I reckon we 'ave about ten bobsworth of the bloons an' a quidsworth of gun-fire.
1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth v. 83 Modesty was after that ten million quidsworth of diamonds.
1977 F. Branston Up & Coming Man v. 51 I went to a Chinese takeaway and bought a couple of quidsworth of indigestion.
1992 Bicycle Feb. 92 2/1 ‘This one's got more than four hundred quids-worth of kit hanging on it, for a start’ said Phil, running a practiced eye over his bike.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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