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名詞

red 'un (plural red 'uns)

1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gold watch.
   • Arthur Morrison, Chance of the Game

     But if the clock was a red 'un, and the opportunity undoubted; to be pinched in the Bow Road merely might well imply loss of caste in the mob, but nobody need be ashamed to be pinched anywhere for a gold watch, after all.

   • R. Austin Freeman, A Savant's Vendetta

     'Do you know a jerry when you sees one — a red 'un, mind you?' […] The fellow looked furtively at the door and then, diving into an inner pocket, pulled out a handsome gold watch with a massive chain attached, exhibited it for a moment and then dropped it back.