4. (common).—The act of spinning a coin. Cf., Flutter.
5. (old).—A public wagon: afterwards (colloquial) a four-wheel hackney
coach. Fr., mouche (fly) = a public boat on the Seine.
1714. Memoirs of John Hall, s.v.
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