A pledge. Festing-man, a surety to another. Festing-penny, a penny given in earnest to secure a bargain. (Anglo-Saxon, festing, an act of confidence, an entrusting.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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