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Meanings of last shilling in English

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Usage of last shilling in English
1
If they do, we'll spend the last man and the last shilling.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I
2
Here, Tom, take this, 'tis the last shilling I have in the house.
The Black-Sealed Letter / Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cock...
3
He'd rob a poor man of his last shilling, he would.
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
4
Shall you sit here day after day until our last shilling is spent?'
New Grub Street
5
If he spends his last shilling to fight the case, so much the better.
That Mainwaring Affair
6
The farmer does not feel that he will be worried to his last shilling.
Hodge and His Masters
7
He was, on one occasion, reduced to his last shilling.
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 3
8
She had ventured her last shilling and was afraid he would find it out!
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
9
He stayed till he touched his last shilling.
Cobwebs and Cables
10
I'll guarantee them up to my last shilling.
Swirling Waters
11
Madam, he is worth a man's last shilling.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
12
Oliver Goldsmith will still spend his last shilling upon a brave and unnecessary banquet to his friends.
Literary and Social Essays
13
The game proceeded, and the poor lawyer, equally unfortunate, raved and swore he had lost his last shilling.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
14
I gave him my last shilling.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
15
I have lost my last shilling.'
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)
16
Did the man possess it who gave the old woman his last shilling and trudged home in the storm?
What Is Man? and Other Essays
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