Moneyball

n.

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A type of sweetie that is now extinct. They were purchased from the Moneyball shop on Newgate Street, long since gone. They were called Moneyballs because some of them contained coins, wrapped in paper.

In use

Did ye get a thrupenny bit or a ticket in yer moneyball?

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Lawrence Muck

My, my, what a surprise. Would you like me to translate 'Moneyball' in use for you?

Did you find a threepenny bit or a ticket inside your moneyball?