spraseyn.

Brit.

/ˈsprɑːzi/, U.S.

/ˈsprɑzi/

Forms:

α. 1900s sprarzer Brit. /ˈsprɑːzə/, U.S. /ˈsprɑrzər/, 1900s sprarzy, 1900s– sprarsy.

β. 1900s– spraser, 1900s– sprasey, 1900s– sprassey, 1900s– sprassy, 1900s– sprasy, 1900s– sprazer, 1900s– sprazey, 1900s– sprazi, 1900s– sprazzie, 1900s– sprazzy.

γ. 1900s– sprouse, 1900s– sprowser Brit. /ˈspraʊzə/, U.S. /ˈspraʊzər/, 1900s– sprowsie.

δ. 1900s– sparsie.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier sprat n.¹ 5.Compare Shelta sprazi sixpence (recorded in 1932 or earlier, also aspra, in the same sense) which is probably related, but the nature of the relationship is uncertain. The English word is first (and primarily) recorded in London and south-eastern England, but later also attested elsewhere (including Ireland), whereas Shelta is spoken by traveller communities, originally in Ireland.

British slang (now rare).

A sixpence.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence

tester1560

half-shilling1561

teston1577

mill sixpence1592

crinklepouch1593

sixpencea1616

testrila1616

piga1640

sice1660

Simon1699

sow's-baby1699

kick1725

cripple1785

grunter1785

tilbury1796

tizzy1804

tanner1811

bender1836

lord of the manor1839

snid1839

sprat1839

fiddler1846

sixpenny bit or piece1897

zac1898

sprasey1905

1905 O. C. Malvery in Pearson's Mag. Feb. 155/1 ‘Graft good?’..‘Rotten; why we've nobbed four carses, and only touched for a sprarzer.’

1931 W. F. Brown in Police Jrnl. 4 502 They speiled first for stakes of a sprazey,..increasing it..later to a half... This narrative..would in plain English read..They played first for stakes of a sixpence..increasing..later to ten shillings.

1931 ‘G. Orwell’ Hop-picking in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 70 Sprowsie, a, a sixpence.

1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 257 See if we can't take another spraser or two from the punters.

1960 A. Prior in Pick of Today's Short Stories XI. 180 I walked across to the record player and took some silver out of my pocket... ‘Half-Nelson, do me a favour and put a sprouse in there for me... I've got no change.’

1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 34/2 Sprowser, sixpenny piece.

1971 Times 13 Feb. 1/3 We called sixpence a tanner or a sprasey, a shilling, a bob or a chip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sprasey
释义	spraseyn. Brit. /ˈsprɑːzi/, U.S. /ˈsprɑzi/ Forms: α. 1900s sprarzer Brit. /ˈsprɑːzə/, U.S. /ˈsprɑrzər/, 1900s sprarzy, 1900s– sprarsy. β. 1900s– spraser, 1900s– sprasey, 1900s– sprassey, 1900s– sprassy, 1900s– sprasy, 1900s– sprazer, 1900s– sprazey, 1900s– sprazi, 1900s– sprazzie, 1900s– sprazzy. γ. 1900s– sprouse, 1900s– sprowser Brit. /ˈspraʊzə/, U.S. /ˈspraʊzər/, 1900s– sprowsie. δ. 1900s– sparsie. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier sprat n.¹ 5.Compare Shelta sprazi sixpence (recorded in 1932 or earlier, also aspra, in the same sense) which is probably related, but the nature of the relationship is uncertain. The English word is first (and primarily) recorded in London and south-eastern England, but later also attested elsewhere (including Ireland), whereas Shelta is spoken by traveller communities, originally in Ireland. British slang (now rare). A sixpence. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence tester1560 half-shilling1561 teston1577 mill sixpence1592 crinklepouch1593 sixpencea1616 testrila1616 piga1640 sice1660 Simon1699 sow's-baby1699 kick1725 cripple1785 grunter1785 tilbury1796 tizzy1804 tanner1811 bender1836 lord of the manor1839 snid1839 sprat1839 fiddler1846 sixpenny bit or piece1897 zac1898 sprasey1905 1905 O. C. Malvery in Pearson's Mag. Feb. 155/1 ‘Graft good?’..‘Rotten; why we've nobbed four carses, and only touched for a sprarzer.’ 1931 W. F. Brown in Police Jrnl. 4 502 They speiled first for stakes of a sprazey,..increasing it..later to a half... This narrative..would in plain English read..They played first for stakes of a sixpence..increasing..later to ten shillings. 1931 ‘G. Orwell’ Hop-picking in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 70 Sprowsie, a, a sixpence. 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 257 See if we can't take another spraser or two from the punters. 1960 A. Prior in Pick of Today's Short Stories XI. 180 I walked across to the record player and took some silver out of my pocket... ‘Half-Nelson, do me a favour and put a sprouse in there for me... I've got no change.’ 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 34/2 Sprowser, sixpenny piece. 1971 Times 13 Feb. 1/3 We called sixpence a tanner or a sprasey, a shilling, a bob or a chip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1905
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