▪ I. † simon Obs. slang.
[Prob. a fanciful use of the personal name.]
A sixpence.
| a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Simon, Six-pence. [Hence in later slang Dicts.] |
▪ II. simon(d
obs. forms of simmon, cement.
▪ I. † simon Obs. slang.
[Prob. a fanciful use of the personal name.]
A sixpence.
| a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Simon, Six-pence. [Hence in later slang Dicts.] |
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