SHILLING
ADJECTIVES
..E19 — HALF-A-QUID worth 10 shillings or 50p → sl.
NOUNS
1594 — TWELVEPENNY PIECE a shilling → obs.
1635 — SMELT half a guinea; 10 shillings and sixpence → obs.
1688 — DECUS a crown-piece, five shillings → sl.
1699 — TWELVER 1 shilling; a coin worth twelve pence → obs.
..L17 — DUCE HOG 2 shillings → sl.
..18C — CHARRSHOM — CHERSHOM a crown, a 5-shilling coin → tinkers’ usage
1700 — HEARTS-EASE a twenty-shilling piece → sl.
..E18 — HALF-AN-OUNCE half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence → sl.
1744 — SHE-LION a shilling (5p) → UK sl.
.M18 — QUARTER five shillings, five dollars → sl.
1785 — BUTTON a counterfeit shilling → criminals’ sl.
1785 — GRUNTER a shilling (5p) → sl.
1789 — BOB a shilling; latterly used in non-specific references to amounts of money → Brit. sl.
1789 — HALF-NED 10 shillings → sl.
..L18 — HALF-A-BULL half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence → sl.
..L18 — HALF-BEAN a half-sovereign → sl.
..L18 — HALF-BULL half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence → sl.
..L18 — HALF-BULL WHITE half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence → sl.
..E19 — HALF-A-QUID 10 shillings; later, 50p → sl.
..E19 — HALF-QUID 10 shillings; later, 50p → sl.
..E19 — MACARONI — MACCARONY a shilling → W. Indies sl.
..E19 — MINT HOG an Irish shilling → sl.
1814 — SAXON SHILLING a shilling of English money → Sc.
1839 — BREAKY LEG a shilling → sl.
1839 — DEANER — DEENER — DENA — DENAR — DENER — DIENER a shilling (5p) → chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
1839 — PEG a shilling → sl., orig. Sc.
1845 — KIBOSH — KYBOSH one shilling and sixpence → UK sl.
1848 — DOLLAR orig. Brit., applied to five shillings, mainly in the phrase, ‘half a dollar’ — two shillings and sixpence → Brit. sl.
1848 — THICK ONE — THICK ‘UN a gold sovereign, a pound; also, a crown or five-shilling piece → Brit. sl.
.M19 — ABRAHAM’S WILLING 1 shilling and 1 1/2 pence → rhyming sl.
.M19 — BENDER a shilling → sl.
.M19 — EARTH GENS — ERTH GENS 3 shillings → back-slang
.M19 — EVLENET GENS 12 shillings → back-slang
.M19 — EWIF GENS 5 shillings, a crown → sl.
.M19 — HALF-A-CASE a counterfeit half-crown → sl.
.M19 — HALF-A-TOSHEROON — HALF-A-TUSHEROON half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence → sl.
.M19 — KYE a shilling and 6 pence → sl.
.M19 — MADZA CAROON half a crown, 2s 6d → sl.
.M19 — MANCHESTER SOVEREIGN 1 shilling → sl.
.M19 — ROUF GENS 4 shillings → back-slang
1851 — ROAF — ROFE — ROOF — ROUF four shillings or four pounds → back-slang
1855 — COACH-WHEEL a crown piece; a five shilling piece → sl.
1858 — JAMES a sovereign or 20 shillings → thieves’ sl.
1859 — OWT GENS two shillings → back-slang
1859 — ROGUE AND VILLAIN a shilling → UK rhyming sl., obs.
1859 — TOSHEROON — TUSHEROON a half-crown → Brit. sl.
1870 — OXFORD (SCHOLAR) five shillings → UK rhyming sl. for ‘dollar’ – five shillings
1870 — SCHOLAR five shillings → UK rhyming sl. for ‘dollar’ (five shillings) – Oxford Scholar
1891 — BULL a five shilling piece → sl. (Bk.)
1891 — BULL’S-EYE a five shilling piece → sl. (Bk.)
1891 — CASE a five shilling piece → sl. (Bk.)
1891 — CASER a five shilling piece → sl. (Bk.)
1891 — WHEEL a five shilling piece → sl. (Bk.)
1895 — HALF A NICKER ten shillings; later fifty pence → UK sl.
..L19 — BAD SHILLING one’s last shilling → sl.
..L19 — DOORKNOB a shilling (5p) → rhyming slang for ‘bob’
..L19 — GOBLIN a sovereign, twenty shillings → obs.
..L19 — HALF-A-CASER half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence → Aust. sl.
..L19 — HALF-A-NOTE a 10-shilling note, 10 shillings → Aust. & Irish sl.
..L19 — HALF-CASER half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence → Aust. sl.
..L19 — HALF-NOTE a 10-shilling note, 10 shillings → Aust. & Irish sl.
..L19 — MAC a shilling → W. Indies sl.
..L19 — O’GOBLIN a sovereign, twenty shillings → sl. obs.
..L19 — ONE OF THEM a shilling → sl.
..L19 — QUEEN’S GOLD MEDAL a shilling (5p) → sl.
..L19 — SAME O.B. a shilling (5p), esp. in the context of the charge for most contemporary places of entertainment (Same Old Bob) → sl.
..20C — HALF-BAR a half-sovereign (10 shillings) → sl.
..20C — PODDY CALF half-a-crown, 2s 6d → Aust. sl.
..20C — TATER-PILLIN’ a shilling → rhyming sl.
1900 — OG — OGG a shilling → Aust. & NZ sl.
1900 — SINKER a shilling → sl.
1902 — NEVELE GEN eleven shillings → back-slang (Bk.)
1902 — NEVIS-GEN seven shillings → back-slang (Bk.)
1903 — BLOW 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — BOBSTICK 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — BORDE 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — BUTTON 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — CAROON 5 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — CART-WHEEL 5 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — COACH-WHEEL 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — FIVE-POT PIECE 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — FLATCH 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — FORE-COACH-WHEEL 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — GEN 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — GENERALISE 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — GEORGE 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — GEORGE 6 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-CASE 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-COUTER 10 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-DOLLAR 2 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-DOLLAR 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-HOG sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-JACK 10 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-JAMES 10 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-JANE 10 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-NEDDY 10 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-OXFORD 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HALF-YENORK 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HANGMAN’S WAGES 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HIND CART WHEEL 5 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HIND COACH WHEEL 5 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HOG 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — HOG AND A KYE 1 shilling and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — JOGUE 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — LEVY 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — LILYWHITE-GROAT 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — LOONSLATE — LOONSLATT 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — MEJOGE 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — NET-GEN 10 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — NORTH-EASTER 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — ONER 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — ROAF-GEN four shillings → back-slang (Bk.)
1903 — SLAT 2 shillings and sixpence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — SPANGLE 7 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — TEVISS 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — THIRTEENER 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — TOUCH-ME 1 shilling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — WHORE’S CURSE 5 shillings and threepence → sl. (Bk.)
1903 — YOUNG ILLEGITIMATE 10 shillings → sl. (Bk.)
1910 — RAT-AND-FOWL an Australian shilling → Aust. sl.
1911 — HALF A BAR ten shillings; later fifty pence → UK sl.
1912 — TOSH — TUSH a half-crown or florin → Brit. sl.
1916 — HALF A DOLLAR a half-crown coin; two shillings and sixpence → UK sl.
1920 — SPLIT a 10-shilling note → sl.
1930 — BARNEY DILLON a shilling → Irish & Sc. rhyming sl.
1930 — SANE — SEIN a 10-shilling note → Aust. sl.
1930 — SHIRT AND COLLAR 5 shillings (25p) → rhyming sl. for ‘dollar’
1930 — SHIRT COLLAR 5 shillings (25p) → rhyming sl. for ‘dollar’
1931 — HALF the sum of ten shillings (50p) → Brit. sl.
1933 — HALF A CRACK a half-crown coin; two shillings and sixpence → UK sl.
1935 — HOLE a shilling → Brit. sl.
1937 — OG(G) a shilling → Aust. & NZ sl.
1940 — DEUCE 2 shillings → Aust. sl.
1940 — MAC-AND-FLIP 1 shilling and 3 pence → W. Indies sl.
1941 — SWEY — SWI — SWY — ZWEI a two-shilling piece → Aust. sl.
1943 — RIVERINA a shilling; hence 5p → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘deaner’
1960 — SHOWER BATH ten shillings → UK rhyming sl. for ‘half a pound’
1960 — SHOWERS ten shillings → UK rhyming sl. for ‘half a pound’ – Shower Bath
1972 — ONE FOR HIS NOB a shilling → rhyming sl. for ‘bob’
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