foont

English

Etymology 1

Noun

foont (plural foonts)

  1. Alternative form of funt (“old Russian unit of weight”).

Etymology 2

Perhaps from French vingt (“twenty”), since a sovereign was worth 20 shillings.

Noun

foont (plural foonts)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A sovereign (the coin).
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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