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общая лексика
"королевский шиллинг", денежное содержание военнослужащего (часто в выражении: to take the king's shilling поступить на военную службу; термин употр. при правлении короля)
до 1879 вербовщики уплачивали рекрутам один шиллинг
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синоним
The King's shilling, sometimes called the Queen's shilling when the Sovereign is female, is a historical slang term referring to the earnest payment of one shilling given to recruits to the Armed forces of the United Kingdom in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, although the practice dates back to the end of the English Civil War. To "take the King's shilling" was to agree to serve as a sailor or soldier in the Royal Navy or the British Army. It is closely related to the act of impressment. The practice officially stopped in 1879, although the term is still used informally and there are some cases of it being used still in the early 20th century, albeit largely symbolically.