County-crop

( i.e. , COUNTY-PRISON CROP ), haircut close and round, as if guided by a basin—an indication of having been in prison. Since short hair has become fashionable the expre ion has fallen somewhat into disuse. In the times when long hair was worn, a man with his hair cut as described was said to have had it done with a knife and fork. Couple-beggar , a degraded person, who officiated as a clergyman in performing marriages in the Fleet Prison. Couter , a sovereign. Half-a-couter , half-a-sovereign. From the Danubian-gipsy word CUTA , a gold coin.