A shilling formerly given to a recruit when enlisting in the army during the reign of a king.
入伍先令（旧时国王发给新兵的赏钱）
Example sentencesExamples
‘With the king's shillings come the king's shackles,’ Mr Land told an interviewer at the weekend.
Having stood for pre-selection and having been elected as a member of the Howard Government, the member for Kooyong has indeed taken the king's shilling.
Honor was permanently surrendered for the king's shilling as otherwise decent men chose to become informers.
They blabbed about their time in the desert, became zillionaires and ruined it for everyone who fancied earning a bit more than the king's shilling.
The king's shilling is not what it used to be.
Definition of king's shilling in US English:
king's shilling
noun
A shilling formerly given to a recruit when enlisting in the army during the reign of a king.
入伍先令（旧时国王发给新兵的赏钱）
Example sentencesExamples
Honor was permanently surrendered for the king's shilling as otherwise decent men chose to become informers.
‘With the king's shillings come the king's shackles,’ Mr Land told an interviewer at the weekend.
They blabbed about their time in the desert, became zillionaires and ruined it for everyone who fancied earning a bit more than the king's shilling.
Having stood for pre-selection and having been elected as a member of the Howard Government, the member for Kooyong has indeed taken the king's shilling.