单词 | quidlet |
释义 | quidletn. colloquial (chiefly British and Australian). Frequently humorous. Originally: a sovereign; (occasionally also) half a sovereign. Later: one pound sterling; (formerly also) one Australian pound. Cf. quid n.2 ΘΚΠ 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 1902 Pick-me-up 2 Aug. 286/1 The little P.O. for the quidlet didn't arrive, dear pallie. 1912 J. W. Horsley I Remember xi. 254 ‘Quidlet’, for half a sovereign, has recently been coined from the older ‘quid’. 1921 London Tit-Bits in La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 4 July 3/5 I b'lieve 'e only proposed to me 'cause 'e saw them there golden quidlets. 1940 A. Upfield Bushranger of Skies xvi. 183 It cost four thousand quidlets—Australian. 2006 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 50 There's a cheque for 50 quidlets heading to Owen Douglas of Glasgow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902 |
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