subs. (old).—The smallest item of value (HALLIWELL): see quot. 1823.
1823. BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. SCUDDICK—is used negatively; ‘not a SCUDDICK’—not any brads, not a win, empty clies. ‘Every SCUDDICK gone’; ‘she gets not a SCUDDICK from me,’ does not amend the matter from repetition.
1843. W. T. MONCRIEFF, The Scamps of London, i. 1. Hasn’t a mag left—not a SCUDDICK—is obliged to live on his wits.
