SOVEREIGN (money)
NOUNS
► AMESJAY a sovereign → 1930s back slang for ‘James’
► CANARY formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign → .1842 sl.
► CANARY-BIRD formerly, a guinea; later, a sovereign → .1785 sl.
► DANDY an imitation gold coin; a fake sovereign → 1883 UK criminals’ sl.
► GOBLIN a sovereign, twenty shillings → L19 sl. obs. exc. hist.
► HALF-A-BEAN a half-sovereign → L18 sl.
► ILLEGITIMATE a counterfeit sovereign → 1823 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
► JAMES a sovereign or 20 shillings → 1858 thieves’ sl.
► JANE a sovereign → 1864 thieves’ sl.
► JEMMY O’GOBLIN a sovereign → 1896 theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► JIMMY (O’GOBLIN) a sovereign, twenty shillings → 1899 rhyming sl.
► LITTLE SMACK a half-sovereign → 1900s sl.
► MADZA POONA a half-sovereign → M19 sl.
► MARIGOLD a gold coin; a sovereign → 1663 sl. obs.
► MONAKER a sovereign (coin) → M19 sl.
► NETGEN half a sovereign → 1902 back-slang (Bk.)
► NOB a sovereign → 1840 sl.
► O’GOBLIN a sovereign, twenty shillings → L19 sl. obs. exc. hist.
► QUID a sovereign; a guinea; a pound → 1688 sl.
► RED ‘UN a pound; a sovereign → 1890 Brit. sl.
► SKIV a sovereign → 1858 sl.
► STRIKE a sovereign → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► THICK ‘UN a sovereign → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► WUFFLER a guinea-piece; a sovereign → L19 UK sl.
► YELLOW-BOY a gold coin; a guinea or sovereign → 1662 sl.
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