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deaner, deener slang.|ˈdiːnə(r)|
Also dener, diener.
[Immediate origin uncertain, but prob. ultimately identical with denarius, denier3.]
A shilling.
Before the advent of decimal currency esp. freq. in Australia and N.Z.
1839H. Brandon Poverty, Mendicity & Crime, Deaner, a shilling (country phrase). 1846R. L. Snowden Mag. Assistant 342 Shilling, Deaner, also twelver. 1851Mayhew London Labour I. 313/1 No, I'll give you a deuce o' deeners (two shillings). 1864Times 12 Oct. 11/6 One woman said, ‘Where's the ‘deaner’.’ 1901H. Lawson Joe Wilson & his Mates ii. 280 ‘Stumped?’ inquired Jim. ‘Not a blanky, lurid deener!’ drawled Bill. 1904Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 4/4 I've played it [sc. a cornet] six hour for a deaner and a haddock-bone disguised in batter as a bit o' cold, fried fish. 1907Ibid. 26 July 4/7 In Ireland the ‘denarius’ lingers in the name for a shilling—a dener. 1908Ibid. 5 Feb. 4/7 Here we come to classic reminiscences of the denarius! It is a ‘bob’, and ‘owt deners’ is a florin. 1922Contemp. Rev. Sept. 367 A shilling..is frequently a ‘deener’ [in cockney speech]. 1930V. Palmer Men are Human xxix. 273 I'd like a diener for every quart of whisky the old boy's sunk in his day. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Dec. 31/1 O' course I waited, after spendin' the bob; 'e looked a bloke 'oo'd be good for more than a deener. 1937A. Upfield Mr. Jelly's Business xiv. 146 If I 'ad lorst a deaner I'd have got hell. 1946F. Sargeson That Summer 77 Could you give me the lend of a bob?.. I'm on the beach myself, I said, but I can make it a deener. |