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单词 shillingsworth
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shillingsworthn.

/ˈʃɪlɪŋzwəθ/
Forms: Formerly shillingworth.
Etymology: worth n.1 The form shillingworth (compare pennyworth) is now rare. In the current form the s is the sign of the possessive (whether singular or plural).
An amount or quantity which is or may be bought for a shilling; as much as is worth a shilling or a (specified) number of shillings.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > amount of specific value > specific
pennyworthOE
halfpennywortha1035
shillingswortha1325
three-halfpennyworthc1440
sixpennyworthc1450
pounds worthc1460
groatsworth1562
penny1564
penny piece1601
threepennyworth1617
piceworth1832
two pennyworth1851
six1871
pounder1895
a1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 31 b Þat non ne sal ben i don..in to ani Iurees þat hath lasse þan a Hundred silling~worth of londe.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 612/37 Solidatus, a shyllyngworth.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 87/26 iiij. shillyng~worth of Cakys [L. quattuor solidatas artocoporum].
c1450 Godstow Reg. 158 ij shelynge worthe of rent..yerly to be payde att whyt~sontyde.
1473–4 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 2 Item componit..for the resignacione of a hundreth schilling worth of land callit the Stanly.
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 528 For a shilling-worth of Service, a shilling-worth of Gratitude is naturally paid.
1857 W. Smith Thorndale iv. ii. 267 My Silver Shilling represents..all possible shilling-worths of everything on earth.
1840 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 175 A few shillings~worth of damage to gear, etc.1905 Athenæum 8 Apr. 432/3 ‘School-room Humour’..is a capital shillingsworth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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