cut off with a shilling

Idioms  

1. see cut off, def. 5.

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Example Sentences

If a young Englishman in London, instead of an old Frenchman in Paris, was to addict himself to such untimely recreations, he would probably be cut off with a shilling.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

You have heard, all of you, that they were foolish, and that I was hard, something about a girl and cut off with a shilling, I suppose.

From Crowded Out! and Other Sketches by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

"Mrs. Connex was here the other day, and I can tell you that if Pat marries your sister he will find himself cut off with a shilling."

From The Untilled Field by Moore, George (George Augustus)

He died five years ago, as you may or may not know, and I own to feeling a trifle sold at being as I thought cut off with a shilling.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

My uncle had married in direct opposition to his father's orders, in an age when filial disobedience was deemed a very heinous offence, and he was cut off with a shilling.

From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur