sprazer slang.
(ˈsprɑːzə(r))
Also spraser, sprasy, sprazey, etc.
[ad. Shelta sprazi.]
Sixpence; a sixpenny piece. Cf. sprowsie.
| 1931 [see half n. 6 i]. 1934 [see hole n. 2]. 1936 J. Curtis Gilt Kid xvii. 175 I'll..let you have the odd twenty-seven [pounds] and a sprazer. 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 257 See if we can't take another spraser or two from the punters. 1961 John o' London's 30 Nov. 610/3 Sixpence—tanner, spraf, sprarsy. |