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look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
look as if one had lost a shilling and -found six-pence
IPA
74
Scrabble Score
43
Letters
3
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To look very disappointed.

British usage

Etymology

In pre-decimal British money, a sixpence was worth half a shilling.

Usage

Inflected Forms

looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (present, singular) looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (participle, present) looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (participle, past) looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence (past)

Questions

What does look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence mean?
To look very disappointed.
Where does look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence come from?
In pre-decimal British money, a sixpence was worth half a shilling.

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