subs. (thieves’).—1. Six months’ hard labour. Also 2. (prison) see quot. 1877.
1869. Temple Bar, xxvi. 75. The next bit I did was a SIXER.
1877. W. H. THOMSON, Five Years’ Penal Servitude, iii. 194. He keeps a sharp eye on that man to see he does not ‘filch’ a ‘SIXER,’ as the six-ounce loaf, served with the dinner, is called.
1886–96. MARSHALL, Bleary Bill [‘Pomes’ 61]. I see what the upshot will be, Dear me! A SIXER with H.A.R.D.
