Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Tanner

Sixpence. (The Italian danaro, small change; Gipsy, tawno, little one. Similarly a thaler is called a dollar.)

Tanner.
A proper name. (See Brewer.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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