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单词 ninepence in the shilling
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ninepence in (also to) the shilling
c. British colloquial. ninepence in (also to) the shilling: below average, esp. in intelligence; mentally slow. Also as n.: a person of low intelligence.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective]
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soft1621
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defective1825
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barmy1892
drippy1952
dipshit1968
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) 370 Nine-pence-to-the-shilling, below the average in common sense. ‘How's Mr..? Thaay do saay as he's nobut nine-pence-to-th'-shilling.’—M. F., Scotton, 1876.
1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. ii. 521 She's got a husband who's..ninepence in the shilling, a bit barmy.
1964 ‘A. Gilbert’ Fingerprint v. 77 While they might be sympathetic, it was more likely they thought her child no more than ninepence in the shilling.
1986 T. Barling Smoke vii. 142 I've got the local filth thinking it was some local ninepence-to-the-shilling who likes hurting animals.
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