† testriln.
Obsolete.
A sixpence.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > sixpence
tester1560
half-shilling1561
teston1577
mill sixpence1592
crinklepouch1593
sixpencea1616
testrila1616
piga1640
sice1660
Simon1699
sow's-baby1699
kick1725
cripple1785
grunter1785
tilbury1796
tizzy1804
tanner1811
bender1836
lord of the manor1839
snid1839
sprat1839
fiddler1846
sixpenny bit or piece1897
zac1898
sprasey1905
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 32 To. Come on, there is sixe pence for you. Let's haue a song. An. There's a testrill of me too. View more context for this quotation
1905 Athenæum 25 Mar. 366/3 Plenty of readers..ready to expend their testril on such an attractive booklet.]
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