subs. (common).—A sixpence: see RHINO (GROSE). Hence TIZZY-POOLE (WINCHESTER) = a fives ball (costing 6d. and formerly sold by a head porter named Poole); TIZZY-TICK (Harrow) = an order on a tradesman to the extent of 6d. a day.
1821. W. T. MONCRIEFF, Tom and Jerry, ii. 3. Hand us over three browns out of that ’ere TIZZY.
1849. BULWER-LYTTON, The Caxtons, v. 1. There’s an old ’oman … who will show you all that’s worth seeing—the walks and the big cascade—for a TIZZY.
