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The answer SHILLING has 18 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of shilling in various dictionaries:
noun - the basic unit of money in Uganda
noun - the basic unit of money in Tanzania
noun - the basic unit of money in Somalia
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| Former British currency that smacks of a certain Boston pitcher |
| Divided into 100 groschen, it's the main unit of Austria |
| As part of a price in '60s London |
| British coin worth 12 pence or 5 new pence |
| Before the Euro, 100 groschen in Austria made one of these, abbreviated S or SCH |
| This old monetary unit of Britain was 1/20 of a pound |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Shilling, Saratov, RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
| Shilling, Mchinji, MALAWI |
| Shilling, Caprivi, NAMIBIA |
| Shilling description |
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The shilling is a unit of currency formerly used in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States, and other British Commonwealth countries. * Currently the shilling is used as a currency in four east African countries of Kenya (Kenyan shilling) Tanzania (Tanzanian shilling) Uganda (Ugandan shilling) and Somalia (Somali shilling) (autonomous region of Somalia Somaliland (Somaliland Shilling). It is also the proposed currency of the east African community plans to introduce (east African shilling). * The word shilling comes from old English "Scilling", a monetary term meaning twentieth of a pound, and from the Proto-Germanic root *skiljan meaning 'to separate.' The word "Scilling" is mentioned in the earliest recorded Germanic law codes those of Æthelberht of Kent. * Slang terms for the old shilling coins include "bob" and "hog". While the derivation of "bob" is uncertain, John Camden Hotten in his 1864 Slang Dictionary says the original version was "bobstick" and wonde |