adj. (colloquial).—Easy-got; quickly ‘turned-over’: of money. Cf. NINEPENCE.
1898. LE QUEUX, Scribes and Pharisees, viii. The baronet was not very wealthy, and allowed his name to appear as director of certain companies, and pocketed fees ranging from the NIMBLE half-sovereign to the crisp and respectable five-pound note.
NIMBLE AS A CAT ON A HOT BAKESTONE (or HOT BRICKS), phr. (common).—As nimble as may be; in a hurry to get away; alert; on the qui-vive. Also AS NIMBLE AS AN EEL IN A SANDBAG, AS A NEW-GELT DOG, AS A BEE IN A TAR-BARREL, AS A COW IN A CAGE, OR AS NINEPENCE.—RAY (1676).
