| 单词 | rogue and villain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrogue and villain rogue and villain n. [rhyming slang for shillin', colloquial and nonstandard pronunciation of shilling n.] British and Australian a shilling. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > shilling s.1387 solidus?a1475 shilling1533 teston1543 twelvepence1563 bord1567 twelvepenny piece1594 sh.1607 hog1673 twelver1699 she-lion1744 grunter1785 twalpenny worth1786 bob1789 pega1790 tower shilling1800 little shilling1826 deaner1839 rogue and villain1857 stag1857 hole1934 1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 17 Rogue and Villainn., a shilling. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 145 Rogue and villain, a shillin,—common pronunciation of shilling. 1877 J. W. Horsley Jottings from Jail i. 3 Come, cows and kisses, put the battle of the Nile on your Barnet Fair, and a rogue and villain in your sky-rocket. 1931 S. Kaye-Smith Susan Spray iii. 293 Got a rogue and villain for a pore man, dear?.. I mean a shillin, lady. 1965 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 4 Mar. 46 Shilling... Sometimes known in rhyming slang as a ‘rogue and villain’. 1973 B. Aylwin Load of Cockney Cobblers xiv. 62 Rogue & villain, shilling. < as lemmas |
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