subs. (common).—1. A shilling.
2. (American).—See quot.
1834. Atlantic Club-book, II. 120. How is flour up country? They say it is six and four LEVIES, and corn seven and a fip.
1848. BARTLETT, Dictionary of Americanisms, s.v. LEVY. Elevenpence. In the State of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, the Spanish real, or eighth part of a dollar, or twelve and a half cents. Sometimes called an elevenpenny bit.
1848. W. T. THOMPSON, Major Jones’s Sketches of Travel, p. 76. ‘How much do you ax for ’em?’ ses I. ‘Eight boxes for a LEVY,’ ses he.
