OED cites a Scots phrase to give groats for pease ‘to pay someone back in their own coin’ so there is a correlation between the two.
Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites this form with the same meaning.
OED cites a Scots phrase to give groats for pease ‘to pay someone back in their own coin’ so there is a correlation between the two. Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites this form with the same meaning. |