subs. phr. (old).—A usurer: also CENT-PER-CENT.
1647. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, The Custom of the Country, ii. 1.
| There are few gallants … | |
| But would receive such favours from the devil, | |
| Though he appeared like a broker, and demanded | |
| SIXTY I’ TH’ HUNDRED. |
1853. C. READE, Gold! i. 1. What you do on the sly, I do on the sly, old SIXTY PER CENT.
1859. H. KINGSLEY, Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn, xiii. “Good night, old mole,” said Hawker; “good night, old bat, old parchment skin, old SIXTY PER CENT. Ha, ha!”
1889. R. MARSH, The Crime and the Criminal, xii. Was he going to develop into a SIXTY PER CENT. and offer me a loan?
