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sprazer
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 Peop...
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sprowsie
sprowsie slang. (ˈspraʊzɪ) Also sprouse, sprowser. [Prob. var. of sprazer.] Sixpence; a sixpenny piece.1931 ‘G. Orwell’ in Coll. Essays (1968) I. 70 Sprowsie, a, a sixpence. 1933 ― Down & Out in Paris & London xxxii. 236 These..are some of the cant words now used in London... A hog—a shilling. A spr...
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