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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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(or queen's) shilling The coin given, until 1879, to each new recruit in the British army. Taking the king's shilling (see *£.s.d.) was therefore a term for enlisting.
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