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looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence is the simple past and past participle of look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence.

Meaning of look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

Verb

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (third-person singular simple present looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence, present participle looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence, simple past and past participle looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To look very disappointed.

Questions about looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

What is looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence the simple past and past participle of?
Looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence is the simple past and past participle of look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence.

Words near looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence in the dictionary

  1. looked ahead to
  2. looked alike
  3. looked alive
  4. looked around
  5. looked as if one had been dragged through a hedge backwards
  6. looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
  7. looked at
  8. looked at oneself in the mirror
  9. looked away
  10. looked back
  11. looked before one leaped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (page history and authors); look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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