voucher n.
(UK Und.) an accomplice who passes the counterfeit money produced by the coiner.
Wandring Whores Complaint 4: The first was a Coyner that stampt in a Mould, / The second a Voucher to put off his gold . | ||
Nicker Nicked in Harleian Misc. II (1809) 108: There come in shoals of hectors, trepanners, [...] lifters, kidnappers, vouchers, mill-kens. | ||
New Academy of Complements 204: The first was a Coyner that stampt in a Mould, / The second a Voucher to put off his gold. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Vouchers c. that put off False Money for Sham-coyners. | ||
‘Black Procession’ in Musa Pedestris (1896) 37: The first was a Coiner, that stampt in a Mold, / The Second a Voucher to put off his Gold. | ||
New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 30: The First was a Coiner that stampt in a Mold, / The Second a Voucher to put off his Gold. | ||
‘Thief-Catcher’s Prophecy’ in Pedlar’s Pack of Ballads 142: [as cit. 1754]. |