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shillingsworth

shillingsworth noun: an object or quantity that can be purchased for a shilling.

Noun

shillingsworth (plural shillingsworths)

  1. (historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a shilling.
    • 'Only look at his jacket, mother!' cried Annie; 'and a shillingsworth gone from his small-clothes!'1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XI, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC
    • In the voltaic battery, from a shillingsworth of chemical force we can obtain nearly twelve-pennyworth of electricity; in an electroplating vat, from the twelve-penceworth of electricity we get a shillingsworth of chemical force […]1873, The Fortnightly Review, volume 20, page 507

Forms of shillingsworth

pluralshillingsworths
alternative formshillingworth

Origin of shillingsworth

From shilling + -s- + -worth.

Questions about shillingsworth

What does shillingsworth mean?
Shillingsworth means an object or quantity that can be purchased for a shilling.
What part of speech is shillingsworth?
Shillingsworth is a noun.
What is the plural of shillingsworth?
The plural of shillingsworth is shillingsworths.

Words near shillingsworth in the dictionary

  1. Shillingford
  2. Shillingfords
  3. shillingless
  4. shillings
  5. Shillingstone
  6. shillingsworth
  7. shillingsworths
  8. Shillington
  9. Shillingtons
  10. shillingworth
  11. shillingworths

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