slang. [Of obscure origin.]
1. A sovereign; † a guinea.
(Pl. usually without -s, as two quid, a few quid, etc.).
1688. Shadwell, Sqr. Alsatia, III. i. Let me equip thee with a Quid.
1791–3. in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799), I. 244. The man … rarely has more than from thirty to fifty quids a year.
1796. Mod. Gulliver, 165. The twenty last are worth full forty quid.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, III. III. xiii. 166. One quid, two coach wheels.
1883. Besant, All in Garden Fair, II. x. It isn’t two quid a week that will keep a young gentleman of your powers.
† 2. pl. (with -s.) Money, cash. Obs. rare.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew.
