two-shilling

• “And his cotton shirt, a cheap, two-shilling affair, showed a frayed collar and ineradicable paint stains.”

  A PIECE OF STEAK

• “The two-shilling rate for building the fort was usual for volunteers, but the Virginia militia paid only eight pence per day of active service.”

  Simon & Schuster: George Washington’s First War

• “I used to play tricks on my brothers – I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit of cotton, then pull it away as they went to grab it.”

  The Guardian: Portrait of the artist: Jo Brand, comedian

• “She didn't say much, but I gathered that she had been saving all the year for it, garnering her two-shilling pieces and half-crowns week by week.”

  Fictionaut: Movie Night

• “Finally, he opened a drawer, reached in, and drew out a two-shilling piece.”

  Archive 2009-10-01

• “One, its suckers big as two-shilling pieces, was clamped to the glass.”

  Simon & Schuster: Black Butterfly

• “Our young friend amused the company during the evening by exhibiting a two-shilling magic-lantern, which he had purchased, and likewise by singing”

  Roundabout Papers

• “He flicked up the flap of the bill; a two-shilling piece lay beneath.”

  The Years

• “She took a dozen of two-shilling tickets for the final concert and sent them to those friends who could not be trusted to come otherwise.”

  Dubliners

• “Thus Richard set off to walk clear to the other side of Bristol in time to secure a two-shilling seat on the box; this necessitated sitting on top of the coach exposed to the elements, but the day did not promise rain.”

  Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run

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