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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1821
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†WIG, n.4 A slang term for a penny (Ayr. 1905 E.D.D.). Dim. wiggie, a worthless or counterfeit coin or trade token.Sc. 1821 Blackwood's Mag. (Nov.) 390:
Some ill bawbees, wiggies or Brummagems.
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