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shilling

1. a former British and Australian silver or cupronickel coin worth one twentieth of a pound: not minted in Britain since 1970

2. the standard monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda: divided into 100 cents

3. an old monetary unit of the US varying in value in different states

4. Scot an indication of the strength and character of a beer, referring to the price after duty that was formerly paid per barrel

Shilling

(1) A British coin and monetary unit in use until the decimal monetary system was introduced in February 1971; equal to 12 pence, or 1/20 pound sterling. Shillings were minted in silver until 1946 and in a copper-nickel alloy until 1971. They circulated in British colonies and in the countries of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, where they constituted 1/20 of the local monetary unit.

(2) The monetary unit of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda since 1966 and of Somalia since 1960; equal to 100 cents. According to the rate of exchange set by the State Bank of the USSR in January 1978,100 Somalian shillings = 11.37 rubles.

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IF you take the Queen's Shilling, whether in the armed forces, in the prison service or the police force, then you are bound by the necessity of serving the public, who are your paymasters.

pounds 30,000 would have been a bargain for Ringo by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

If you take the Queen's shilling, the Queen you must serve.

Leader: Front-line royal by The Mirror (London, England)

Indeed, they take the Queen's Shilling on the understanding that they could be called upon to put their lives on the line.

Voice of the Mirror: All our heroes deserve a fair deal, minister by The Mirror (London, England)

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