"King's shilling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: King's shillings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=King's shilling}} King's shilling (plural King's shillings)
  1. (British, historical) A shilling accepted by new recruits when agreeing to or tricked into enlisting into the British army or navy during the 18th and 19th centuries. Tags: British, historical Categories (topical): Coins Synonyms: Queen's shilling (english: during reigns when the monarch is a queen regnant) Related terms: take the shilling
    Sense id: en-King's_shilling-en-noun-TlMjihx4 Disambiguation of Coins: 70 30 Categories (other): British English
  2. (figurative) The benefits and rewards of military service. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-King's_shilling-en-noun-gj~4o9XU Disambiguation of Military: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 65

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