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单词 king's shilling
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king's shilling


noun

(until 1879) a shilling given a recruit in the British army to bind his enlistment contract.
Also called, when a queen was sovereign, queen's shilling.

Words nearby king's shilling

king's ransom, King's Regulations, King's Remembrancer, Kings River, king's scout, king's shilling, King's speech, Kingston, Kingston upon Hull, Kingston upon Thames, Kingstown
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British Dictionary definitions for king's shilling

king's shilling

when the sovereign was female queen's shilling


noun

(until 1879) a shilling paid to new recruits to the British army
take the king's shilling British archaic to enlist in the army
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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