Shillings – noun
Definition: A British coin used before 1971 that equals to 1/20 of a British pound
Source:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shillings
Found in: “Professions for Women” by Virginia Woolf
Passage: “ by a litter from an editor containing a cheque for one pound then shillings and sixpence”
I was actually very curious in finding out what they word meant because as a Hispanic I know that cheque means check in Spanish so I knew it had something to do with money. This passage was talking about when he was getting paid for her job as a journalist.
