coutercootern.
/ˈkuːtə/ slang.
A sovereign.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings
goldfinch1602
Harry sovereign1615
piece1631
jingle-boya1640
yellow boy1654
quid1661
marigold1663
broad-piece1678
pound piecea1715
gold penny1736
sovereign1817
dragon1827
sov1829
chip?1836
couter1846
thick 'un1848
monarch1851
James1858
skiv1858
Victoria1870
goblin1887
red one1890
Jimmy1899
quidlet1902
Jimmy O'Goblin1931
pound coin1931
1846 R. L. Snowden Magistrate's Assistant 346 I..got six Finnips and a Cooter for the Yacks.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 312/1 Upon which the ‘swells’..‘come down with a couter’ (sovereign).
1880 J. Payn Confidential Agent I. 207 (Farmer) Well, he gave us half a couter at all events.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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