cut off with a shilling
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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
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 Fanny Burney
These men don't seem to know that it is not entailed; and that, after all, I may be cut off with a shilling.
From Gladys, the Reaper by Anne Beale
"For a very good reason, too; he's cut off with a shilling."
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
"So I'm to be cut off with a shilling."
From The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine
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