remedy n.
a sovereign.
![]() | Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
![]() | Sl. and Its Analogues VI 13/1: Remedy [...] (Old Cant). – A sovereign. | |
![]() | Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 4 Feb. 5/6: A sovereign has been rechristened a ‘glistener,’ a ‘goldfinch,’ a ‘mousetrap,’ a ‘new hat’ [...] a ‘remedy,’ a ‘stranger’’. | |
![]() | Smith’s Wkly (Sydney) 7 June 9/6: Slang of Money [...] A sovereign is a ‘glistener,’ ‘mousetrap,’ ‘new hat,’ ‘quid,’ ‘remedy,’ ‘stranger,’ ‘thick ’un’. | |
![]() | Mail (Adelaide) 23 May 23/4: The sovereign has been variously called a ‘glistener,’ a ‘mouse trap,’ [...] a ‘remedy,‘ a ‘stranger,’ a ‘bean’. |