释义 |
quidlet slang.|ˈkwɪdlɪt| [f. quid n.2 + -let.] A sovereign; one pound sterling; (see also quot. 1912).
1911L. Tracy Sylvia's Chauffeur v. 96 [He] handed Dale a fiver—five golden quidlets, if you please! 1912J. W. Horsley I Remember xi. 254 ‘Quidlet’, for half a sovereign, has recently been coined from the older ‘quid’. 1940A. W. Upfield Bushranger of Skies xvi. 183 It cost four thousand quidlets—Australian. |