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teston |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tester \Tes"ter\, n. [For testern, teston, fr F. teston, fr OF teste the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin. See {Tester} a covering, and cf {Testone}, {Testoon}.] An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to {tizzy}. Called also {teston}. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Teston \Tes"ton\, n. A tester; a sixpence. [Obs.]
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