Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Pluck-penny
subs. phr. (old).—See quot.
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1643. HEYLYN, Thieves, Thieves; or a Relation of Sir John Gell’s Proceedings in Derbyshire, 2. He that is once so skilled in the art of gaming as to play at PLUCK PENNY, will quickly come to Sweepstake.
