schilling
Americannoun
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a copper and aluminum coin and monetary unit of Austria until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 groschen. S., Sch.
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any of various former minor coins of Germany.
noun
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the former standard monetary unit of Austria, divided into 100 groschen; replaced by the euro in 2002
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an old German coin of low denomination
Etymology
Origin of schilling
1745–55; < German; cognate with shilling
Example Sentences
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From schilling Hummers to waging a holy war on closed captioning, everything Coach O does turns to gold, and come this time next week, the LSU ball coach may well have gone platinum.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 8, 2020
He loses his credibility when he's schilling a gadget.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018
"The most loathsome kind of film is this "heritage Britain" - it's basically schilling for tourists to get people to come and visit the place," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2015
And the Industrial Association should be ashamed of funding a prize for literature with a mere 25,000 schilling award, when they could fund it with five million schillings right there without even noticing it.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2010
“Nine schilling nine pence each,” he snapped, and seemed disappointed that Mrs. Nougat-Jones did not pursue the subject further.
From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
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