So, scraping together the last few shekels the bailiff couldn't find, you wonder what carefree entertainment is playing in the theatre.

He explained how, caught between recession and a remorseless taxman, he had managed to squirrel away a few shekels for a rainy day.

The most lucrative aspect of Michael Campbell's season to date has been taking a few shekels from Ernie Els but not on the golf course.

Everyone she knew let him take his heliotypes and slipped him a few shekels or a noble, "an advance on his agent's fee."