subs. (nautical).—Generic for money: specifically prize-money: see RHINO.
1842. P. EGAN, The Bould Yeoman [in Captain Macheath], v. Hand up the PEWTER, farmer, you shall have a share.
1857. WHITTY, Friends of Bohemia, I. 9. ‘In these days it’s the PEWTER makes the rank—and no mistake!’ By ‘PEWTER’ Dwyorts meant gold.
1888. Academy, 24 March, 202. Another trifle to be noticed is the anxiety for PEWTER or prize-money which … animated our officers and men.
