bent as a nine-bob note

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What does bent as a nine-bob note mean?

Extremely dishonest or criminally-minded.

Where does bent as a nine-bob note come from?

In pre-decimal English money, a nine-bob (nine-shilling) note would obviously be fraudulent, since there was no such denomination.

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