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[ skil-ing ] / ˈskɪl ɪŋ /
nouna former silver coin of Denmark, Sweden, and the Danish West Indies. any of various former copper coins of Sweden and Norway. Origin of skilling11690–1700; <Danish; cognate with shilling Words nearby skillingskilled labor, skilled nursing facility, skilless, skillet, skillful, skilling, skillion, skill-less, skill set, skilly, Skil Saw Definition for skilling (2 of 2)[ skil-ing ] / ˈskɪl ɪŋ /
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skillingSkilling was indicted on 35 counts of fraud and insider trading related to the Enron collapse. Will Celebrity Snoop Anthony Pellicano Get Sprung?|Christine Pelisek|June 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Skilling's plight and fight are of little interest; he's been in prison for the last 3.5 years, with many more to follow. More Enrons on the Way|Sherron Watkins|June 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST The appeal, however, is not likely to spring Skilling from his prison cell in Colorado. More Enrons on the Way|Sherron Watkins|June 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST Yes, which leads me to a fascination with the cult leader, which is in a way what Skilling was at ENRON. Ken Lay Lives!|Kevin Sessums|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Some have even compared it to Shakespeare's Richard III because Skilling's tragedy, like Richard's, is his increasing isolation. Ken Lay Lives!|Kevin Sessums|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST “Twenty-four skillings make a mark, and a skilling is about a halfpenny English,” Ole explained. Up The Baltic|Oliver Optic It is near enough for our purpose to say that a mark is twenty-two cents, and a skilling one cent. Up The Baltic|Oliver Optic "But by this means he brings a skilling home," said the old woman. O. T.|Hans Christian Andersen The coins in circulation are the mark, the two, the four, and the twelve skilling piece. Up The Baltic|Oliver Optic A portion of the court is roofed in, and is called the "skilling." The Toilers of the Field|Richard Jefferies
British Dictionary definitions for skilling
nouna former Scandinavian coin of low denomination Word Origin for skillingC18: from Danish and Swedish; see shilling 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 |