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shillin'

shillin' is the pronunciation spelling of shilling.

Meaning of shilling

Noun

shilling (plural shillings)

  1. (historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
    • A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings...1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...
  2. The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
  3. (US, historical) A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
  4. (US, historical, New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.

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Questions about shillin'

What is shillin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Shillin' is the pronunciation spelling of shilling.

Words near shillin' in the dictionary

  1. Shillibeers
  2. shillied and shallied
  3. shillies and shallies
  4. shillig-a-booka
  5. shillig-a-bookas
  6. shillin'
  7. shilling
  8. shilling mark
  9. shilling marks
  10. shilling shocker
  11. shilling shockers

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