COIN
ADJECTIVES
1616 — SHEARED of a coin: clipped → obs.
1703 — ILL spurious, counterfeit; said of coin → Sc.
1716 — MONETARIAN relating to money or coins
1805 — BRUMMISH of counterfeit character, doubtfully genuine; said of coin → sl.
NOUNS
1393 — CROSS AND PILE the obverse and reverse side of a coin; head or tail → arch.
1449 — ABOUT-WRITING the legend round the head stamped on a coin → obs.
1480 — CUNYE — CUNZIE coin, money → Sc.
1606 — SMALL COIN coins of low value collectively
1616 — COUNTER a debased coin
1621 — TONSURE the clipping of coins → obs.
1626 — YELLOW-HAMMER a gold coin → sl. obs.
1658 — OBVERSE that side of a coin on which the head or principal design is struck; the opposite of ‘reverse’
1662 — YELLOW-BOY a gold coin; a guinea or sovereign → sl.
1663 — MARIGOLD a gold coin; a sovereign → sl. obs.
1698 — MOPUS a coin of little worth → sl. obs.
..L17 — NIGGING clipping coins → sl.
1724 — RAP a counterfeit coin, worth about half a farthing, which passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the 18th century, owing to the scarcity of genuine money
1725 — OUNCE a silver coin → sl.
1760 — SHINERS money in coin, esp. sovereigns or guineas → sl.
1780 — BOY a coin or banknote Amer. sl.
1785 — MUSIC the ‘tail’ of a coin → Irish sl. (Bk.)
1785 — TYPE the figure on either side of a coin or medal
1787 — BUNGTOWN COPPER a counterfeit English halfpenny or other spurious copper coin → US
1788 — COPPER a coin (originally) made of copper, such as a penny or US cent → sl.
..E19 — PUKKA a copper coin → obs.
1805 — PICAYUNE any coin of little value, esp. a five-cent piece → US colloq.
1811 — BEAN a coin, a bit of money; a trivial amount of money → sl.
1812 — BROWN a copper coin; a penny → Brit. sl.
1821 — SMASH loose change → sl.
1823 — SCUDDICK — SCUDDOCK — SCUTTICK — SKIDDICK — SKUDDICK a very small coin or amount → Eng. dial. & sl.
1828 — MAN the ‘head’ of a coin in tossing → colloq.
1832 — QUINIE — QUINZIE coin, money, cash → Sc.
1834 — CASTING a coin → Amer. dial. obs.
1835 — SKILLICK a coin of the smallest value
1837 — MINT-DROPS gold coins → Amer.
1839 — GAMMY LOUR counterfeit coin → UK criminals’ sl.
1839 — SPRAT a small coin of little value; a sixpence → sl.
1841 — MONEY-GOLD gold coin → obs.
1848 — HARD MONEY coin
1848 — POCKET-BURNER a coin → humorous usage, obs.
1850 — FAMILY PLATE silver coins → colloq., jocular usage
.M19 — BUTTON — SHINY BUTTON any coin → sl.
1855 — CARTWHEEL a large gold or silver coin, esp. a US silver dollar → US sl.
1861 — DINGBAT a coin → US sl.
1870 — CLINK a coin → sl., chiefly military usage
1870 — FLUTTER the spinning of a coin → sl.
1870 — FLY a spinning a coin → sl.
1872 — QUINE coin; money → Eng. dial.
1885 — SCRAT the smallest coin → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1886 — BLIND SIXPENCE a coin which is so much worn that the head and tails are obliterated → Eng. dial.
1889 — SCRIDDICK — SCRITTICK — SKIRDICK — SKRIDDICK the smallest coin → Eng. dial.
1891 — CAP a false cover to a tossing coin, called a ‘cover-down’; the cap showed either head or tail as it was left on or taken off → thieves’ sl. obs. (Bk.)
1893 — REENER a coin → tramps’ sl.
1896 — JACK a small coin → Amer. thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
1896 — JINK coin; money → sl. (Bk.)
..E20 — SMACKER — SMACKEROO a coin or note of money; a dollar; a pound → sl., orig. N. Amer.
1906 — JINGLE money in small coins → Aust. sl.
1910 — AKKA coins, money, whether change or notes → sl., orig. military usage
1910 — KELTERS money, coins → Ireland (Bk.)
1911 — BODDLE-PIECES small coins → Sc. (Bk.)
1912 — JITNEY a nickel, a dime, a small coin → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1915 — SHRAP copper coins; any small change → NZ sl.
1915 — SHRAPNEL copper coins; any small change → NZ sl.
1915 — WOODEN MONEY — WOODEN NICKEL a counterfeit or worthless coin or money → US sl.
1918 — MICK the reverse side of tail of a coin → Aust. sl.
1921 — BINGLE a coin of little value → Amer. dial.
1924 — IRON MAN a coin, coin, cash, money; loot in the form of cash; usually plural → US criminals’ sl.
1925 — CLOD a copper coin; usually used in the plural → Brit. sl.
1925 — SNOW money in silver coins → sl.
1937 — TAIL LIGHTS copper coins → US tramps’ sl.
1939 — ACKERS coins, notes, money; specifically, piastres → sl., orig. military usage
1940 — BROKEN HILL any silver coin → Aust. sl.
1966 — TIDDLER a small coin, such as a silver threepenny piece or a 1/2p coin → Brit. sl.
1969 — COPPER NICKEL a non-existent coin which would be of no value if it existed → Amer. dial.
1975 — BEEWY money, esp. coins or small change → US Navy usage (Bk.)
1975 — BISCUIT any coin; any banknote of comparatively low denomination → US sl. (Bk.)
1977 — WRAP a wrapped roll of coins → US sl.
1980 — BEER-TOKENS one-pound coins or money in general → UK students’ sl.
1999 — BUTTERFLY a coin that fails to spin when tossed → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2003 — SILVERS any coins → Trinidad and Tobago
NOUNS, PERSON
1297 — MONEY-MAKER a person who makes coins; also, a person who deals in money; a money changer → obs.
1425 — MONEYER a person who makes coins; an official responsible for the making of coins
1449 — STRIKER a person who coins money → Sc. obs.
1450 — MONEY-MAKER a maker of counterfeit coin → obs.
1455 — CUNYOUR a coiner; one who coins money; a minter → Sc. obs.
1518 — MONEY BATTERER a person who clips coins → obs.
1632 — GINGLEBOY a person who possesses gold coins → UK sl.
1692 — MONEY-JOBBER a dealer in money or coin → obs.
1697 — TONSOR a clipper of coin, one who mutilates coins → obs.
..L17 — NIGGLER — NIGLER a clipper of coins → UK criminals’ sl.
1751 — GINGLE-CASH a person who possesses gold coins → UK sl.
1759 — MONEY-CLIPPER a person who fraudulently pares the edges of coins → obs.
1809 — NIGGER a clipper of gold coins → UK criminals’ sl., offensive
VERBS
1425 — CUNYE to coin → Sc. obs.
1629 — VENT to put coins, etc. in circulation or currency; to give in payment; to pay out → obs. exc. Sc.
1641 — TAKE VENT to pass into circulation; said of coin
1785 — NIG to clip money → sl.
..19C — SIFT to steal small coins, i.e. such as might be conceived of as passing through a sieve → sl.
1870 — FLUTTER to spin a coin → sl.
..L19 — GO A FAIRY to toss coins to see who buys a round of halfpennyworths of gin → sl.
1900 — GAMBLE — GAMMLE to toss or spin a coin in gambling → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1950 — CLIP UP to toss a coin → sl.
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