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cut off with a shilling

cut off with a shilling

To be intentionally disinherited from a will by being bequeathed a single shilling rather than left nothing at all. Primarily heard in UK. My father never liked that I gave up medicine to become a writer, so he cut me off with a shilling when he died.
See also: cut, off, shilling

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lucileloo-SEELFrench, English
Jenarohe-NAH-roSpanish
Zena-English
Parvana-Azerbaijani, Persian
Stevan-Serbian, Croatian
Yoshiyo-sheeJapanese
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