schilling
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- noun
- /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/
- Archaic
:
chelín austríaco
- Fifty schillings.
- Austrian schillings
Examples
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"Fifty schillings, please."
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Where will you find 16 pounds, 5 schillings and 9 pence... including interest, in 3 weeks?
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Please get me my passport and every schilling you can lay your hands on!
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12 pounds, 1 schilling and 4 pence, Mr. Fennyman, including interest.
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10 schillings a week
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- Fifty schillings.
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Both men are bearded, as am I, and as is the man on the fifty-schilling note, Sigmund Freud, whose face pulls the memory trigger and holds it.
Fiction book (1990) -
In 1999, I exchanged my last few schillings for euros before leaving Austria.
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The old currency, the schilling, was replaced by the euro in 2002.
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During my trip to Austria, I collected several schillings as souvenirs from local shops.
Synonyms
Money used in Austria before the euro
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word schilling comes from an old German word skilling, which meant 'small coin' and is the same root as the English shilling. That's why schilling was the name for Austria's 'money' until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.