(British) A special coinage given to the deserving poor in a religious ceremony performed by Anglicans on Maundy Thursday.
(British) A special coinage given to the deserving poor in a religious ceremony performed by Anglicans on Maundy Thursday.
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(British) Any of the specially minted coins given out by the reigning monarch on Maundy Thursday. Face values are 1, 2, 3, and 4 pence.
(UK, Ireland) stingy, frugal.
British archaic slang for small change — coins of little individual value. The phrase conjures the image of a street musician passing a hat and collecting whatever people tossed in: pennies, halfpennies, the occasional threepence. It speaks to a transaction conducted in the smallest denominations, the kind of money you pull from the bottom of your pocket without looking. While largely archaic, it occasionally surfaces in historical fiction or when someone wants a period-flavored way to describe loose coins.
(UK, slang, archaic) small change.