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sov1|sɒv|
colloq. abbrev. of sovereign n.
1829P. Egan Boxiana 2nd Ser. II. 492 ‘Come,’ said an old ring-goer, ‘here's my sov. to begin.’ 1846Swell's Night Guide 101 But of whatever size if a known gentleman and some liberality (as nothing less than five sovs would be any inducement) you may perhaps get admittance in the absence of her keeper. 1850New Monthly Mag. XC. 310 As to the purse, there wern't above three or four sovs in it. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. v, She gave me half-a-sov this half. 1883Harper's Mag. Mar. 647/2, I slipped a sov. in the paw of the major⁓general. |