The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence.
Subs at theStar even had their own monthlyexes (expenses), and we never even left the office. We gotexes for our home phone calls and even our own supply of daily newspapers; in our view, most reporters made theirexes up.
2014, Denis MacShane,Prison Diaries:
The news-booze axis was reinforced by the fact that most of the meals and drinks were covered by 'exes' — expenses.[…] One day perhaps there will be Freedom of Information on newspapers (and judges) and we shall be surprised at what is claimed asexes.
