| 单词 | long shilling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong shilling ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > according to amount pittance1611 half-pay1664 long shilling1764 overpay1765 living wage1817 subsistence wage1831 existence wage1893 social wage1925 1764 London Chron. 7 Jan. 4/3 The delicate Gaywoods were..conveyed in their own carriage to the front boxes..; whereas the jolly Trenchards..took a long shilling drive in a hackney coach. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Long Shilling, this among hackney coachmen, before the alteration in the fares, was from the Royal Exchange to the east corner of Catherine-street in the Strand. 1826 Sporting Mag. Feb. 246/2 Selling ‘Brummagem ware—a long shilling's worth’ as he termed it— razor, knife, scissors, and spoon, with a variety of other articles. 1861 Standard 3 Jan. 7/4 He experienced some difficulty in getting a cab.., his office being a long shilling fare from the station. 1896 Monthly Packet Nov. 501 ‘Is that all?’ I say at last, in the tone of a cabman looking at a ‘long shilling’. 1902 Westm. Budget 21 Feb. 12/1 He used to give them [sc. threepenny bits] away, one at a time, to railway porters and cabmen..in those difficult emergencies when the ride has been what the rapacious cabman calls a ‘long’ shilling. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 603/2 There are ‘long shillings’ to be earned at the docks, but no easy ones; and the work is not only hard but dangerous. < as lemmas |
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