sov1
(sɒv)
colloq. abbrev. of sovereign n.
| 1829 P. Egan Boxiana 2nd Ser. II. 492 ‘Come,’ said an old ring-goer, ‘here's my sov. to begin.’ 1846 Swell's Night Guide 101 But of whatever size if a known gentleman and some liberality (as nothing less than five sovs would be any inducement) you may perhaps get admittance in the absence of her keeper. 1850 New Monthly Mag. XC. 310 As to the purse, there wern't above three or four sovs in it. 1857 Hughes Tom Brown i. v, She gave me half-a-sov this half. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 647/2, I slipped a sov. in the paw of the major⁓general. |