yenork n.
a crown, five shillings (25p).
Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 127: FLATCH-YENORK, half a crown. [Ibid.] 131: YENORK, a crown. | ||
Appleton’s Journal (N.Y.) 6 Sept. 308: Vagrant vernacular [...] is not remarkable for originality, and, unlike most low languages, possesses no spice of humor. The main principle upon which this peculiarity revolves, is to spell and pronounce the substantives in any sentence backward [...] Gin becomes shilling, and owt gins two shillings. Yenork is a crown, and deenop a pound. | ‘Vagrants and Vagrancy’ in||
Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 11: Yenork - A crown. | ||
Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 15 Oct. 6/4: The holder of the money gives each a ‘gen net’ and a ‘yenock,’ that is, 10s and 5s. |
In phrases
half-a-crown, 2s 6d (12½p).
Great World of London I 6: Why, I’v cleared a flatch-enorc (half-a-crown) a’ready. | ||
Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 127: FLATCH-YENORK, half a crown. [Ibid.] 131: YENORK, a crown. | ||
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 23/2: Flatch-yenork ... Half-crown. | ||
Berks. Chron. 7 Dec. 7/1: The Language of Costers. We’ve a slang, sir, and it is only know to ourselves. It puzzles the Irish and bothers the Jews [...] We call [...] half-a-crown a ‘flatchynork’. | ||
Sl. Dict. | ||
Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 149/2: Half-a-yennork (Com. London). Half-a-crown. | ||
Life and Death at the Old Bailey 66: Flatch-ynork – Half-a-crown. |