1syllable
shillings
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Definitions ofshillings
1noun
- A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
Example: "The shilling was worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling."
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- (New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
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