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apprentice
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:00 pm
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What are informal names for pound?
quid
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Paweł
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:34 pm
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apprentice wrote:
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quid
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A oncer (pronounced wunser), a nicker. |
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Nick Wagg
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:37 pm
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"apprentice" <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in message
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| Quote: | What are informal names for pound?
quid
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Sometimes squid or squids (humorous variations of quid).
Nicker, as in 50 nicker.
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Molly Mockford
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:49 pm
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At 18:00:24 on Tue, 9 Aug 2005, apprentice <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in
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| Quote: | What are informal names for pound?
quid
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For a while it was known as a Thatcher - because it was thick, brassy
and thought it was a sovereign.
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Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
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John Briggs
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:06 am
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Molly Mockford wrote:
| Quote: | At 18:00:24 on Tue, 9 Aug 2005, apprentice <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in
e2dc8$42f8d326$540aa681$24640@news.chello.pl>:
What are informal names for pound?
quid
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For a while it was known as a Thatcher - because it was thick, brassy
and thought it was a sovereign.
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That was the coin, rather than the denomination itself.
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Gartons
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:08 pm
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"Nick Wagg" <naw@transcendata.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "apprentice" <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:e2dc8$42f8d326$540aa681$24640@news.chello.pl...
What are informal names for pound?
quid
Sometimes squid or squids (humorous variations of quid).
Nicker, as in 50 nicker.
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And of course "Half a nicker" |
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John Dean
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:27 pm
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John of Aix wrote:
| Quote: | apprentice wrote:
What are informal names for pound?
quid
A oncer (pronounced wunser), a nicker.
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a brick, a bar
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John Dean
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