English Explanatory Dictionary

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To look very disappointed.

Word forms

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

Etymology

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

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