subs. (old).—A sixpence. For synonyms, see BENDER.
1593. ‘Bacchus’ Bountie,’ Harleian Miscellany, II., p. 270 [ed. 1808–11]. See then the goodnes of this so gracious a god, al yee, which in the driest drought of summer, had rather shroude your throates with a handfull of hemp, than with the expence of an odde CRINCLEPOUCH, wash yourselues within and without, and make yourselues as mery as dawes.
