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
TiaTEE-əEnglish
TÜNdÉR-Hungarian
CÂNdido-Portuguese
Ridwan-Arabic
SibylSIB-əlEnglish
Chandan-Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Odia