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schellings

schellings is the plural of schelling.

Meaning of schelling

Noun

schelling (plural schellings)

  1. (historical) A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
    • Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for an impudent beggarly son of a whore; and taking out a schelling, flung it upon the pavement, with manifest signs of indignation.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Schellings

Schellings

  1. (plural) plural of Schelling

Questions about schellings

What is schellings the plural of?
Schellings is the plural of schelling.
What part of speech is schellings?
Schellings is a proper noun.

Words near schellings in the dictionary

  1. Schelling point
  2. Schelling points
  3. Schellingian
  4. Schellingianism
  5. Schellingism
  6. schellings
  7. Schellpfeffer
  8. Schellpfeffers
  9. schellum
  10. schellums
  11. Schellville

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