Sov
[sɔv]
Examples
- I've found a sov'rin' cure for that, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, setting down the glass. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And she ses to me 'do it' and I dun it and she giv me a sov'ring and hooked it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have been moved on, and moved on, more nor ever I was afore, since the t'other one give me the sov'ring. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Wessex Plate [it ran] 50 sovs each h ft with 1000 sovs added for four and five year olds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Michael