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quid

1  [kwid]
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–noun
a portion of something, esp. tobacco, that is to be chewed but not swallowed.
Origin:
1720–30; dial. var. of cud
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quid

2  [kwid]
–noun, plural quid.
British Informal. one pound sterling.
Origin:
1680–90; orig. uncert.
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quid 1   (kwĭd)   
n.  A cut, as of chewing tobacco.

[Middle English quide, cud, from Old English cwidu.]
quid 2   (kwĭd)   
n.   pl. quid or quids Chiefly British
A pound sterling.

[Possibly from Latin, something, what; see quiddity.]
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Word Origin & History

quid  (1)
"bite-sized piece" (of tobacco, etc.), 1727, dial. variant of M.E. cudde, from O.E. cudu, cwidu (see cud).

quid  (2)
"one pound sterling," 1688, British slang, possibly from quid "that which is" (1606, see quiddity), as used in quid pro quo (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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