Shillings

Word SHILLINGS
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈʃɪlɪŋz/

Definitions and meanings of "Shillings"

What do we mean by shillings?

A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.

The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.

A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.

(New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.

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The word "shillings" in example sentences

LABOURERS to wear coats of cloth that cost _more_ than _two shillings a yard_ (equal to _forty shillings_ of our present money), and forbidding their wives and daughters to wear sashes, or girdles, _trimmed with gold or silver_. ❋ William Cobbett (1799)

And when Frank had just turned six he could bring up shillings from the bottom in three fathoms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was being proved guilty of stealing two shillings from a woman, which he had spent, not for candy and cakes and a good time, but for food. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I paid him in English shillings, which didn't bother him at all; provided it's gold or silver, the Orleanais don't care whose head is on it. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1971)

An English-man on the P.A.C. gets fifteen shillings a week because fifteen shillings is the smallest sum on which he can conceivably keep alive. ❋ Unknown (1937)

Frank had just turned six he could bring up shillings from the bottom in three fathoms. ❋ Unknown (1914)

But meantime, perhaps, you'll accept five shillings from a grateful comrade-in-arms. ❋ Edith (1901)

Five shillings is exactly right, deducting twopence each for six teas. ❋ Edith (1901)

In the counterfeits the letters of the word shillings are larger. ❋ Unknown (1902)

There had been an excellent bottle of Rioja Blanca, such as you may have as good at some Spanish restaurant in New York for as little money; and the lunch, when reckoned up in English shillings and Spanish undertones, was not cheap. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

Cold-Bath-Fields; and John Field, for coining shillings in Nag's Head ❋ Various (1852)

Although he dealt in shillings, pounds, and pence. ❋ Unknown (1832)

Many deals are done in Somali shillings, a currency without a central bank to support it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"On Saturday two prisoners were capitally convicted at the Old Bailey of high treason, viz. Isabella Condon, for coining shillings in ❋ Various (1852)

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