shilling n Cp DAE ~ . In pre-Confederate Newfoundland, a silver coin worth twenty cents (P 245-54).
P 167-67 She paid a shillin' for the package. 1978 Evening Telegram 29 July, p. 16 'I'm glad you said shillin', 'said Mr English, 'there were no quarters in them times. That kind of money came in after Confederation .... a shillin' was 20 cents... God be with them times, if you had a shillin' you could get two packages of Gem cigarettes for a shillin'.' 1980 Evening Telegram 22 Nov, p. 24 I wish I had a shilling for every seal that rode the ice [floes] passing the Groais Islands.
