schelling

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noun

A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.

OriginDutch schelling →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

schelling1

nounschelling (plural schellings)

plural schellings

  1. historicalA silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.

    Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for an impudent beggarly son of a whore; and taking out a schelling, flung it upon the pavement, with manifest signs of indignation.

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Schelling2

proper nounSchelling (plural Schellings)

plural Schellings

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Dutchschelling
  2. Englishschelling

From Dutch schelling.

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APA

schelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schelling

MLA

“schelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schelling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schelling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schelling.

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