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Jingle Boy

An English slang term for a gold or silver coin, and specifically for a Guinea.

Thomas Day, in his play, The Beggar of Bednall Green , 1600 (v.), has: " Come, old fellow, bring thy white Bears to the Stake, and thy yellow gingle boys to the Bull- ring. "


Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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