“sprowsie”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

sprowsie

释义

sprowsie slang.|ˈspraʊzɪ|
Also sprouse, sprowser.
[Prob. var. of sprazer.]
Sixpence; a sixpenny piece.
1931‘G. Orwell’ in Coll. Essays (1968) I. 70 Sprowsie, a, a sixpence.1933― Down & Out in Paris & London xxxii. 236 These..are some of the cant words now used in London... A hog—a shilling. A sprowsie—sixpence.1960A. Prior in Pick of Today's Short Stories XI. 180, I walked across to the record player and took some silver out of my pocket... ‘Half-Nelson, do me a favour and put a sprouse in there for me... I've got no change.’1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 34/2 Sprowser, sixpenny piece.

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