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BRITISH SHILLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does British shilling mean? 

BRITISH SHILLING (noun)
  The noun BRITISH SHILLING has 1 sense:

1. a former monetary unit in Great Britainplay

  Familiarity information: BRITISH SHILLING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRITISH SHILLING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A former monetary unit in Great Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

bob; British shilling; shilling

Hypernyms ("British shilling" is a kind of...):

British monetary unit (monetary unit in Great Britain)

Meronyms (parts of "British shilling"):

cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)


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