= orkey, n.

A small coin formerly current in France, of the value of the fourth part of a sou. Hence, typically, a coin of small value.

A sol or small coin.

Used vaguely for a coin of small value.

A small Dutch coin formerly in use in England and Scotland, equal to a double doit or a quarter of a stiver.

? A small coin. (Cf. rag, n.2 6c) Obsolete. rare.

The name given in modern times to a small copper coin current in Northumbria in the seventh, eighth, and ninth centuries. The extant specimens weigh…

A term familiarly applied to various objects of ‘dumpy’ shape. A name of certain small coins; esp. a coin worth 1s. 3d. formerly current in…

An extremely small coin or amount. Also, something very small.

In reference to money. colloq. A small coin or ‘piece’ of money, the value being generally named, as seven-shilling bit (an obs. English gold coin), s…

Money; spec. a halfpenny, a coin of small value.

slang. A banknote, paper money, spec. counterfeit money; (also) money in general. Cf. sense 6c and rag money n. at compounds 2. In later use chiefly…

A penny, a coin of small value. Cf. toss, v. 9, toss, n.1 6d.