tester (Noun) A punishment of 25 lashes strokes of a whip across a person′s back. 1987, Hughes Robert Hughes , Fatal The Fatal Shore , 1996, paperback, ISBN 1-86046-150-6, Chapter 12.
tester (Noun) A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.
tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.
tester (n.) A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.
tester (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about
eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to
sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; --
often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
tester tes′tėr, n. a flat canopy, esp. over
the head of a bed. [O. Fr. teste (Fr. tête), the
head—L. testa, an earthen pot, the skull.]
tester tes′tėr, n. a sixpence—also
Tes′tern.—v.t.Tes′tern (Shak.), to present or reward
with a sixpence. [O. Fr. teston—teste (Fr.
tête), the head, from that of Louis XII. on it.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue👅
tester A sixpence: from TESTON, a coin with a head on it.
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