Jimmy O'Goblin

English

Alternative forms

  • jimmy-o-goblin
  • jimmy o' goblin
  • Jimmy-o-goblin
  • Jemmy O'Goblin

Etymology

Rhyming slang for "sovereign".

Noun

Jimmy O'Goblin (plural Jimmy O'Goblins)

  1. (UK, Australia, rhyming slang) A sovereign coin; a pound.
    • 1934, Evelyn Waugh, Handful of Dust:
      He had won five Jimmy-o-goblins at ten to three at Chester.

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