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Quotation dates: 1898
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†THRYM, n. Threepence. Heriot's Hospital Slang.Edb. 1898 J. Baillie W. Crighton 94:
Where he could get"a big coco-nit for fourpence, and a rare fig-cake for ither 'thrym'."
