subs. (old).—A guinea: America, a 10 dollar piece. HALF A NED = half a guinea or 5 dollar piece. Also NEDDY. See CANARY.

1

  1754.  POULTER, The Discoveries of John Poulter, 41. They ask change for a NED or six.

2

  1789.  G. PARKER, Life’s Painter, ‘The Happy Pair.’ With spunk let’s post our NEDDIES.

3

  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v. HALF A NED. A 5 dollar gold piece.

4

  1882.  J. D. MCCABE, New York by Sunlight and Gaslight, xxxiv., 510, s.v.

5

  2.  See NEDDY.

6