Definition of shilling

"shilling" in the noun sense

1. Ugandan shilling, shilling

the basic unit of money in Uganda equal to 100 cents

2. Tanzanian shilling, shilling

the basic unit of money in Tanzania equal to 100 cents

3. Somalian shilling, shilling

the basic unit of money in Somalia equal to 100 cents

4. Kenyan shilling, shilling

the basic unit of money in Kenya equal to 100 cents

5. British shilling, shilling, bob

a former monetary unit in Great Britain

6. shilling

an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound

"shilling" in the verb sense

1. shill

act as a shill

"This man shilled and bid for an expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"

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Quotations for shilling

The poor man's shilling is but a penny. [ Proverb ]

You may know by a penny how a shilling spends. [ Proverb ]

If a word be worth a shilling, silence is worth two. [ Proverb ]

You may follow him long ere a shilling drop from him. [ Proverb ]

Better give a shilling than lend and loose half a crown. [ Proverb ]

He bought the fox-skin for threepence, and sold the tail for a shilling. [ Proverb ]

In a thousand pound's worth of law there is not a shilling's worth of pleasure. [ Proverb ]

Why, at this rate, a fellow that has but a groat in his pocket may have a stomach capable of a ten-shilling ordinary. [ Congreve ]

The reputation of generosity is to be purchased pretty cheap; it does not depend so much upon a man's general expense, as it does upon his giving handsomely where it is proper to give at all. A man, for instance, who should give a servant four shillings would pass for covetous, while he who gave him a crown would be reckoned generous; so that the difference of those two opposite characters turns upon one shilling. [ Chesterfield ]

shilling in Scrabble®

The word shilling is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters shilling:

SHILLING
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SHILLING
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shilling

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shilling in Words With Friends™

The word shilling is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters shilling:

SHILLING
(114)
SHILLING
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Words within the letters of shilling

2 letter words in shilling (3 words)

3 letter words in shilling (6 words)

4 letter words in shilling (11 words)

5 letter words in shilling (4 words)

8 letter words in shilling (1 word)

shilling + 1 blank (3 words)

shilling + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence shilling

Words that start with shilling (3 words)

Words with shilling in them (1 word)

Words that end with shilling (1 word)

Word Growth involving shilling

Shorter words in shilling

in

hi hill shill

ill hill shill

Longer words containing shilling

shillingless

shillings