subs. (old).—An earnest penny.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. GOD’S PENNY, Earnest Money, to Bind a Bargain.

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  1765.  PERCY, Reliques, ‘The Heir of Linne.’

        Then John he did him to record draw,
  And John he cast him a GOD’S PENNIE.

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