shillinglessadj.
/ˈʃɪlɪŋlɪs/ Not having a shilling; being without (even) a shilling.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
1797 S. T. Coleridge Lett. to J. P. Estlin 41 in Philobiblon Soc. Misc. XV At present I am almost shillingless.
1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 335 As I was almost shillingless,..Mr. Bennett now offered to cash the bill for me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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