Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Ounce
subs. (old).—See quots.
1
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v. Half an OUNCE, Half-a-crown.
2
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. Half an OUNCE, half a crown, silver being formerly estimated at a crown or five shillings an ounce.
