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An archaic British unit of money used to be called 'a shilling'. 'A bob' was a slang term for a shilling. So, we used to say thing's like eg I bought a bob's worth of bananas'.
- An archaic British unit of money used to be called 'a shilling'.
- 'A bob' was a slang term for a shilling.
- So, we used to say thing's like eg I bought a bob's worth of bananas'.
- Is this the kind of context you found this expression in?
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An archaic British unit of money used to be called 'a shilling'.
'A bob' was a slang term for a shilling.
So, we used to say thing's like eg I bought a bob's worth of bananas'.
Is this the kind of context you found this expression in?
'A bob' was a slang term for a shilling.
So, we used to say thing's like eg I bought a bob's worth of bananas'.
Is this the kind of context you found this expression in?
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