Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Seven-pennorth
or sevenpence, subs. phr. (old).—See quot.
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1821. P. EGAN, Life in London, II. iii. ‘My Lord, if I am to stand SEVEN-PENCE [note: seven years transportation], my Lord, I hope you ’ll take it into your consideration, and not let me go without MY ASS!’
