| 单词 | nimble ninepence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnimble ninepence a. Chiefly U.S. Of a coin or sum of money: giving a quick return, circulating briskly. Chiefly in nimble ninepence, nimble shilling. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] > turning over in course of trade > swift return nimble shilling1801 fast buck1944 quick buck1946 1801 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 167 But the Scotch Merchants..will tell you that there's nothing like the nimble ninepence. 1801 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 177 You have no idea of the Nimble Shilling. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 233/1 The ‘nimble ninepence’ being considered ‘better than the slow shilling’. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 90 The farmer's dollar is heavy, and the clerk's is light and nimble. 1876 Harper's Mag. Aug. 417 She will take out paper to America, and bring back raw cotton... She goes for the nimble shilling. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 94/2 He often sold his purchase on the road, for the nimble shilling tempted him. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 68 Not a bad instance of the nimble ninepence. 1933 L. I. Wilder Farmer Boy xxviii. 218 Mr Case sold his goods cheaper than the other merchants. Mr Case said, ‘I'd rather have a nimble sixpence than a slow shilling.’ < as lemmas |
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