quid

Quid is defined as one British pound (a pound sterling), or to a lump of tobacco for chewing.

(noun)

A British pound sterling that you can use to buy an item that costs one pound is an example of a quid.
A lump of Skoal or Red Man chewing tobacco is an example of quid.

See quid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a piece, as of tobacco, to be chewed

Origin: < OE cwidu, var. of cudu, cud

noun pl. quid

Brit., Informal a sovereign, or one pound sterling

Origin: ? orig. slang use of L quid, something, esp. in quid pro quo

See quid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A cut, as of chewing tobacco.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quide, cud

Origin: , from Old English cwidu

noun pl. quid quid or quids
Chiefly British

A pound sterling.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from Latin, something, what; see quiddity

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