quid
A pound sterling; a sovereign.
“The horse cost me forty quid, and worth every penny of it.”
❦ Note: The sovereign was the ‘quid’; ‘half a quid’ was half a sovereign.
A pound sterling; a sovereign.
“The horse cost me forty quid, and worth every penny of it.”
❦ Note: The sovereign was the ‘quid’; ‘half a quid’ was half a sovereign.