cut off with a shilling

Idioms  

1. see cut off, def. 5.

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Example Sentences

I was to have no claim at law; and, in the event of me or my husband instituting an action, I was to be cut off with a shilling.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander

"For a very good reason, too; he's cut off with a shilling."

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden

The cook gave birth to a son, named Joseph, who succeeded to all the lands of the family, while James was cut off with a shilling.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny

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