ten-shilling

When we reached the river, she groped in the pocket of her green school tunic, fished out a shinny ten-shilling coin, then, after studying it carefully, hurled it into the river with all her might.

THE RICH RIVER 2010

It was a ten-shilling note, crushed into a patch of soft soil by a bovine hoof.

The Beekeeper's Apprentice King, Laurie R. 2006

He put a ten-shilling note on the tray with a doubting hand and gained the door.

To Let 2004

This instantly roused her sympathy, and a present of a ten-shilling piece for her kind services to me did the rest.

Armadale 2003

I disliked profusion; it recalled stories in the Daily Express about prizefighters and comedians dying in penury ... they had spent £200 a week, entertaining and lending; they had worn a new pair of black silk socks every evening; no old pal ever left them empty-handed ... ten-shilling tips to commissionaires ...

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

I folded a ten-shilling note and pushed it through the slot.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

The child who had run all the way home to Rose Cottage had never seen a ten-shilling note in her life.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

I folded a ten-shilling note and pushed it through the slot.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

The child who had run all the way home to Rose Cottage had never seen a ten-shilling note in her life.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

They played till three and Mr Calder Jones lost a good deal of money -- a good deal of money in a little way, for they never played above ten-shilling points, and no bet was made for more than a pound or two.

Can You Forgive Her? 1993