subs. phr. (old).—1. A solicitor: see GREEN-BAG (GROSE).
1756. FOOTE, The Englishman returned from Paris, i. 1. [An attorney is hailed as] good SIX AND EIGHTPENCE.
2. (old).—See quot.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. SIX AND EIGHT-PENCE, the usual Fee given, to carry back the Body of the Executed Malefactor, to give it Christian Burial.
