Green’s Dictionary of Slang

what price (the) —? phr.

[racing use price, the odds]

what do you think of (something/someone) now?

[UK]Punch 26 Nov. 252: ‘Jim,’ sez he, ‘wot price your jabber?’.
[Aus]Coburg Leader (Vic.) 24 Aug. 1/4: What price the little boot-shop in Union-street.
[UK]Sporting Times 11 Feb. 1/1: We hear a good deal about nails in the Government coffin. What price about income tacks?
[Aus]C.J. Dennis ‘The Call of Stoush’ in Moods of Ginger Mick 259: Wot price ole Ginger Mick? ’E’s done a break – / Gone to the flamin’ war to stoush the foe.
[Ire]Joyce Ulysses 428: Say! What price the sergeantmajor?
[UK]S. Scott Human Side of Crook and Convict Life 154: Look behind that wall [...] You’re treading on him. What price leather?
[Aus]L. Glassop We Were the Rats 85: ‘Christ, Mick,’ said Eddie to me at a concert. ‘What price that little blonde sheila?’.
[Aus](con. 1944) L. Glassop Rats in New Guinea 91: What price the Emperor now, sport?
[US]Simon & Burns Corner (1998) 71: What price glory, save for another caper for another ten dollars and another trip back to the corner.