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deuce wuns, dews wins, deux wins noun plural, currency twopence 20; historical. Compare deuce etymology: deuce ‘two’ + wun ‘a penny’; pre-decimalization (1971), two pennies; attested by Galloway and Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies note:

Grose and Egan (1823) attest the forms dews wins, deux wins as ‘Cant’