skivn.
slang.
A sovereign.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings
goldfinch1602
Harry sovereign1615
piece1631
jingle-boya1640
yellow boy1654
quid1661
marigold1663
broad-piece1678
pound piecea1715
gold penny1736
sovereign1817
dragon1827
sov1829
chip?1836
couter1846
thick 'un1848
monarch1851
James1858
skiv1858
Victoria1870
goblin1887
red one1890
Jimmy1899
quidlet1902
Jimmy O'Goblin1931
pound coin1931
1858 J. C. Thomson Almæ Matres i. 4 A slight peculiarity of habit, contracted..from constantly losing ‘skivs’ at cards.
1871 Punch 14 Oct. 160/2 They tip you half a skiv now, instead of half a cartwheel.
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