Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 9 compound words that contain shilling. The most common are listed below. Open shilling in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- King's shillingA shilling accepted by new recruits when agreeing to or tricked into enlisting into the British army or navy during the 18th and 19th centuries.
- take the shillingTo enlist as a soldier in the British army or navy by accepting a shilling from a recruiting officer.
- shilling markSynonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or (obsolete) in all its uses.
- shilling shockerA cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often consolidating twelve to fifteen episodes of a serial novel whose chapters had previously been published separately as penny dreadful pamphlets, and …
- Queen's shillingAlternative form of King's shilling (during reigns when the monarch is a queen regnant).
- the full shillingIn control of one's mental faculties; sane; all there.
- sea shillingA sea urchin.
- shilling marksplural of shilling mark: Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or (obsolete) in all its uses.
- shilling signThe symbol '/' used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation to separate shillings from pence when writing out sums of money. (Examples: 7/6 = seven shillings and six pence; 7/- = seven shillings exactly.)
- shilling signsplural of shilling sign: The symbol '/' used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation to separate shillings from pence when writing out sums of money. (Examples: 7/6 = seven shillings and six pence; 7/- = seven shillings exactly.)
- taken the shillingpast participle of take the shilling: To enlist as a soldier in the British army or navy by accepting a shilling from a recruiting officer.
- takes the shillingthird-person singular simple present indicative of take the shilling: To enlist as a soldier in the British army or navy by accepting a shilling from a recruiting officer.
- taking the shillingpresent participle and gerund of take the shilling
- took the shillingsimple past of take the shilling
- shilling shockersplural of shilling shocker: A cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often consolidating twelve to fifteen episodes of a serial novel whose chapters had previously been published separately as penny …
- poor man's shillingHonesty.
- look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpenceTo look very disappointed.
- looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpencesimple past and past participle of look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpencepresent participle and gerund of look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looking as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpencepresent participle and gerund of look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence
- looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpencethird-person singular simple present indicative of look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence: To look very disappointed.
- tenpence to the shillingMentally deficient.
- look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpenceTo look annoyed or displeased.
- looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpencethird-person singular simple present indicative of look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence: To look annoyed or displeased.
Compound words 9
- shillingsworthAn object or quantity that can be purchased for a shilling.
- shillinglessWithout a shilling; broke.
- shillingworthThe amount that can be bought for a shilling.
- ShillingtonA placename:
- ShillingfordA hamlet in Warborough parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5992).
- ShillingburgA surname from German.
- Shillingfordsplural of Shillingford: A hamlet in Warborough parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5992).
- ShillingstoneA village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST8210).
- Shillingtonsplural of Shillington: A placename: