subs. (orig. university).—1. A team of horses: two wheelers abreast with a leader in front (GROSE); and (2) such a TURNOUT (q.v.), a SPIKE-TEAM (American): cf. FOUR-IN-HAND, MANCHESTER, SUDDEN DEATH, TANDEM, etc.
1803. EDGEWORTH, Belinda, xvii. ‘Let me drive you out some day in my UNICORN.… Bid my blockhead bring my UNICORN.’ She, her UNICORN, and her blockhead were out of sight in a few minutes.
2. (old Scots’).—A gold coin, value 23 shillings Scotch: temp. James III., IV. and V.: a unicorn figured on the obverse.
3. (thieves’).—Two men and a woman (or vice versâ), working together.
