shilling
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shilling/ˈʃɪlɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence.
- 2 the basic monetary unit of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, equal to 100 cents.
– phrases
not the full shilling Brit. informal not very clever.
take the King's (or Queen's) shilling Brit. enlist as a soldier. [with ref. to the former practice of paying a shilling to a new recruit.]
not the full shilling Brit. informal not very clever.
take the King's (or Queen's) shilling Brit. enlist as a soldier. [with ref. to the former practice of paying a shilling to a new recruit.]
– origin OE scilling, of Gmc origin.
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