Nearby Words
queen\'s shilling
Fine Art & Collectibles www.ha.com/ $800M+ Annual Sales, 700k+ Members Consign Your Collection Today
California - Local www.local.com/ Looking for Local Information in California? Find it here!
Queen coin www.finecomb.com/ Browse Queen coin Reviews, Deals, Coupons, and More.
Ads
queen's shilling
Origin:
1875–80
1875–80
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To queen's shilling
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Queen's shilling
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| queen's shilling or (when the sovereign was male) king's shilling | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (until 1879) a shilling paid to new recruits to the British army |
| 2. | archaic (Brit) take the queen's shilling to enlist in the army |
| king's shilling or (when the sovereign was male) king's shilling | |
| —n | |
| king's shilling or (when the sovereign was female) queen's shilling | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (until 1879) a shilling paid to new recruits to the British army |
| 2. | archaic (Brit) take the king's shilling to enlist in the army |
| queen's shilling or (when the sovereign was female) queen's shilling | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Queen's shilling
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
