subs. (old).—See quot.
1821. P. EGAN, Life in London, p. 279. GAFFING was unfortunately for him introduced. Ibid. NOTE.—A mode of tossing for drinks, etc., in which three coins are placed in a hat, shaken up, and then thrown on the table. If the party to ‘call’ calls ‘heads’ (or ‘tails’) and all three coins are as he calls them, he wins; if not, he pays a settled amount towards drinks.
1839. W. A. MILES, Poverty, Mendicity, and Crime, s.v.
