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shilling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Etymology 1
From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English s?illing, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill +? -ing. Doublet of scalding.
Noun
shilling (plural shillings)
- (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- A great bargain also had been […] the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
Usage notes
- Abbreviations
- (in UK, etc): s. or s or / (solidus)
- (in Kenya): Ksh; (in Somalia) So. Sh.; (in Tanzania) TSh; (in Uganda) UGS
In East Africa, the names of the currencies usually use the proper noun for the country, not its adjectival form: "Kenya shilling", "Tanzania shilling", etc. Amounts are written with a solidus, probably from the UK usage: "2/50" is 2 shillings, 50 cents (not pence); 30 shillings only is written "30/=".
Synonyms
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, East Africa): bob, generalise, gen, hog, Abraham's willing (archaic)
- (Australia): deener
Derived terms
- King's shilling
- shilling mark
- shillingsworth
- take the shilling
Translations
See also
- schilling
- skilding
- skilling
- solidus
Further reading
- Currencies of the world
Etymology 2
See shill.
Verb
shilling
- present participle of shill
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i.li?/
Noun
shilling m (plural shillings)
- shilling (old UK coin)
Middle English
Noun
shilling
- Alternative form of schilling
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English shilling, from Middle English shilling, Old English s?illing, and ultimately Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of schilling and skilling.
Noun
shilling m (definite singular shillingen, indefinite singular shilling, definite plural shillingene)
- (numismatics) a shilling
References
- “shilling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English shilling, from Middle English shilling, Old English s?illing, and ultimately Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of schilling and skilling.
Noun
shilling m (definite singular shillingen, indefinite plural shilling or shillings, definite plural shillingane)
- (numismatics) a shilling
References
- “shilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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swilling
English
Verb
swilling
- present participle of swill
Noun
swilling (plural swillings)
- Greedy drinking.
- 1942, Charles Graves, The Avengers (page 24)
- Amid raucous shouts and swillings of beer they informed Tommy that he had just been awarded an immediate bar to his D.F.C. […]
- 1942, Charles Graves, The Avengers (page 24)
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- Willings, willings
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