adj. (thieves’).—Three: spec. three months’ imprisonment; TRAY SODDY MITS = threepence halfpenny. [It. tre, soldi, mezza.]
1897. MARSHALL, Pomes, 71. And the magistrate who interviewed her left but very little doubt That the moons she’d have to do would be a TRAY.
BEFORE ONE CAN SAY TREY-ACE, phr. (old).—In a moment.
