单词 | shilling |
释义 | shilling n.   1. hist. a former British coin and monetary unit worth one-twentieth of a pound or twelve pence.   2. a monetary unit in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Phrases and idioms shilling-mark hist. = SOLIDUS. take the King's (or Queen's) shilling hist. enlist as a soldier (formerly a soldier was paid a shilling on enlisting). Etymology: OE scilling, f. Gmc |
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