slang. Also 6–7 wyn, 9 whinn, winn, wing. [Origin obscure; quot. 1812 suggests that it may be short for Winchester.] A penny.
1567. Harman, Caveat, 85. A flagge, a wyn, and a make.
1608. Dekker, Lanth. & Candle Lt., i. C 2 b. If we … nip a boung that has but a win.
1618. [see MAKE sb.3].
a. 1693. Urquhart’s Rabelais, III. xli. 341. They had not a Win in their Fab.
1812. J. H. Vaux, Flash Dict., Win or Winchester, a penny.
1823. ‘Jon Bee,’ Dict. Turf, Scuddick,… ‘not a scuddick’—not any brads, not a whinn, empty clies.
1859. Slang Dict., Winn, a penny.
1899. ‘Flynt,’ Tramping with Tramps, 241. Just go and get a shave now, Jim. I ’ll give you a wing [penny], if you will, for the doin’ o’ ’t.
