scrope, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

scrope n.

[proper name of Sir John Scrope, secretary of the Treasury 1724–52]

(UK Und.) a farthing.

1703		Hell Upon Earth 6: Scrope, vid. Jack.
1708		J. Hall Memoirs (1714) 13: Scrope, vid. Jack, a Farthing.
1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.