Etymograph

English

shillingless

From shilling + -less.

Formed from shilling + -less

Middle English schilling ‘a shilling or other silver coin, the value of…’

English shilling

Today it means

adj Without a shilling; broke.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shillingless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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