Usually means: Historical British military recruitment token.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. king's shilling: Merriam-Webster
  2. king's shilling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. king's shilling, king's shilling: Collins English Dictionary
  4. King's shilling: Wiktionary
  5. king's shilling: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. king's shilling, kings shilling: Dictionary.com
  7. King's shilling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. king's shilling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. King's shilling: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (King's shilling)

noun:  (British, historical) A shilling accepted by new recruits when agreeing to or tricked into enlisting into the British army or navy during the 18th and 19th centuries.
noun:  (figurative) The benefits and rewards of military service.

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