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The Young Lions vocabulary
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Definition:a shilling
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Rose: [talking on phone to Hyacinth] You needn't worry, it's a big car. He's not without means ... it's a huge limuosine, you won't be disappointed. Mr. Marinopolous has his own business... Look, he's not short of a bob or two - I don't just go out with rubbish, you know.
BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: Onslow's Birthday (1991)
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Mr. Hardwood: I'd rather take off all my clothes and paint my bottom blue than give her to a man who didn't love her!
Blackadder: What self-respecting father could do more ?
Mr. Hardwood: On the other hand, if he's a prince, he can have her for ten bob and a pickled egg.
BBC. Blackadder, season 3: Amy and Amiability
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"Come along. I knew Fatty'd funk it."
"And his sixpence...?" I said.
"That's forfeit," said Mahony. "And so much the better for us—a bob and a tanner instead of a bob."
James Joyce. Dubliners
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Michael raised his glass to Louise. "Cheers," he said. They drank.
"Six bob, Colonel," said the Lance Corporal.
Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions, p.373 (1948)
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"she said she was laying up treasure in heaven, but she can't have laid up much, because false teeth are what you might call a drug on the market and don't fetch more than a few bob."
P. G. Wodehouse. The Girl in Blue, p.130 (1971)
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Dougal: How did he get it all in the first place?
Ted: Well as far as I understand it he was just an astute saver; he tried to avoid giving money to charity, he wouldn't wear trousers during the summer—that obviously saved a couple of bob in wear and tear
BBC. Father Ted: Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest (1995)
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I went down to Capel Street
To the pawn shop moneylenders
But they wouldn't give me a couple of bob
On my oul' lad's red suspenders.
The Waxies' Dargle (a traditional Irish folk song)
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Three bob I lent him in Meagher’s. Three weeks. Third hint.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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