(obsolete, slang) A bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of the drawer.
(obsolete, slang) A bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of the drawer.
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(British spelling) in some of its senses.
(British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
(AU, historical) A fee charged on a small proportion of the dry weight of certain types of goods being shipped.
(UK) A type of financial instrument, used similarly to a cheque to make a payment or transfer money, but drawn on funds already taken from the payer's account and held by the bank, and hence seen as more certain of being honoured than a personal cheque.
(UK, _, obsolete, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A newsmonger's house; a place or person resorted to by idlers; a hangout.