SHILLING in a Sentence

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Gentlemen all, observe the dark stain upon this gentleman's hat, no wider than a shilling, but thicker than a half-crown.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHILLING
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shilling
 n.  the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
 n.  the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  He handed each of them a shilling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  Nobody could pretend, as they looked at the shuffle of shilling shockers that week-enders had dropped, that the looking-glass always reflected the anguish of a Queen or the heroism of King Harry.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
3  And afterwards looked rather as if they had lost a shilling and found sixpence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  Mr. Dawkins received these handsome compliments with much philosophy, and offered to cut any gentleman in company, for the first picture-card, at a shilling at a time.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
5  Gentlemen all, observe the dark stain upon this gentleman's hat, no wider than a shilling, but thicker than a half-crown.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
6  Ultimately Christian laid down his shilling, the raffle began, and the dice went round.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
7  Christian put down a shilling, Wildeve another, and each threw.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
8  You will begin in each case by giving the outside porter one shilling.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
9  In each case the outside porter will send for the hall porter, to whom also you will give a shilling.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
10  I had lost my hold on Black Peter and was stranded in London without a shilling.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
11  There was no name on his clothing, and nothing in his pockets save an apple, some string, a shilling map of London, and a photograph.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
12  'I'd give a shilling a line for a verbatim note,' said the Editor.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In II
13  My sister was not in a very bad temper when we presented ourselves in the kitchen, and Joe was encouraged by that unusual circumstance to tell her about the bright shilling.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
14  "Then it must be a shilling," observed the coachman.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XX
15  Under these circumstances I thought myself well rid of him for a shilling.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XX
Example Sentence:
1  "One shilling the box; Allow me to sell you a couple?"
2  Boats for hire: one shilling an hour.
3  A beggar-woman and her little boy -- pale, ragged objects both -- were coming up the walk, and I ran down and gave them all the money I happened to have in my purse -- some three or four shillings: good or bad, they must partake of my jubilee.
4  The charge for labor works out at almost ten shillings an hour.