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Magpie

An English slang term for a half-penny. Dickens in Oliver Twist (viii) has: "I'm at a low-water-mark myself, only one bob and a magpie." See Mag.


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