queen's shilling
queen's shilling
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Definitions of queen's shilling words
- noun queen's shilling king's shilling. 1
- noun queen's shilling (until 1879) a shilling paid to new recruits to the British army 0
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Origin of queen's shilling
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80
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Parts of speech for Queen's shilling
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
queen's shilling popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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