to take the King's (Queen's) shilling

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• take the King's (or Queen's) shilling — Brit. enlist as a soldier. [with ref. to the former practice of paying a shilling to a new recruit.] → shilling …   English new terms dictionary

• take the King's shilling — ► take the King s (or Queen s) shilling Brit. enlist as a soldier. [ORIGIN: with reference to the former practice of paying a shilling to a new recruit.] Main Entry: ↑shilling …   English terms dictionary

• take the Queen's shilling — ► take the King s (or Queen s) shilling Brit. enlist as a soldier. [ORIGIN: with reference to the former practice of paying a shilling to a new recruit.] Main Entry: ↑shilling …   English terms dictionary

• King's Men (playing company) — The King s Men was the company of actors to which William Shakespeare (1564 ndash;1616) belonged through most of his career. Formerly known as The Lord Chamberlain s Men during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it became The King s Men in 1603 when… …   Wikipedia

• shilling — ► NOUN 1) a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence. 2) the basic monetary unit of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. ● not the full shilling Cf. ↑not the full shilling ● take the King s (or Queen s)… …   English terms dictionary

• Shilling (British coin) — In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used from the reign of Henry VII until decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalisation there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound. At… …   Wikipedia

• King's shilling — /kɪŋz ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ (say kingz shiling) noun 1. the, a shilling given to a new recruit to the British army, acceptance of which constituted, until 1879, a binding enlistment. –phrase 2. take the King s (or Queen s) shilling, British Obsolete to enlist… …  

• shilling — noun 1》 a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence. 2》 the basic monetary unit of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, equal to 100 cents. Phrases not the full shilling Brit. informal not very clever. take… …   English new terms dictionary

• shilling — n. 1 hist. a former British coin and monetary unit worth one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence. 2 a monetary unit in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Phrases and idioms: shilling mark hist. = SOLIDUS. take the King s (or Queen s) shilling hist.… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Recruitment in the British Army — The British Army came into being with unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland. The British… …   Wikipedia