shilleen

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English schilling, from Old English scilling.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɪˈliːn/

Noun

shilleen (plural shilleenès)

  1. shilling
    • 1867, “THE BRIDE'S PORTION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 102:
      A heeve o' been, an dwanty shilleen.
      A hive of bees, and twenty shillings.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67
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