Stan Metheny wrote:
>Hence a distant relative of 'quid' for pound sterling?
Cagie ole OED.
quid, sb.2 slang. [Of obscure origin. ]
a. A sovereign; one pound sterling; +a guinea. slang.
1688 Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia iii. i, Let me equip thee with a Quid.
1791-3 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799) I. 244 The man..rarely has more than from
thirty to fifty quids a year.
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