subs. (old cant).—1. Sixpence: see RHINO (B. E.; HALL, 1714; GROSE).
1885. Household Words, 20 June, 155. The old joke … about St. Peter’s banking transaction, when he “lodged with one Simon a tanner.” And this reminds us that SIMON is also a slang term for sixpence, and may possibly owe its origin to this play upon the other word.
2. (circus).—A trained horse.
3. (King Edward’s School, B’gham).—A cane: obsolete. [See Acts ix. 43.]
