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looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

What is looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence is the third-person singular simple present indicative of look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence.

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

  1. looks alike
  2. looks alive
  3. looks and feel
  4. looks and feels
  5. looks around
  6. looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
  7. looks as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
  8. looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence
  9. looks at
  10. looks at oneself in the mirror
  11. looks away

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looks 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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