dacha-saltee

noun

Tenpence.

OriginItalian dieci soldi →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoletethieves' cantTenpence.

    […] and what with my crippledom and thy piety, a-wheeling of thy poor old dad, we'll bleed the bumpkins of a dacha-saltee.

    1861, Charles Reade, The Cloister and the Hearth; or, Maid, Wife, and Widow. A Matter-of-Fact Romance., New York, N.Y.: Rudd & Carleton; London: Trübner & Co.

Origin

  1. Italiandieci soldi
  2. Englishdacha-saltee

Compare Italian dieci soldi.

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