"Skilling" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and reckoning, and changing; and the purse was crammed so extraordinarily full that it would shower three-skilling pieces, [Footnote: Skilling, a halfpenny.] or a shining half-dollar would swing itself over the side, make a graceful curve, like a skater, round the floor, and disappear behind the stove. It had to be got out before ...
— Norse Tales and Sketches • Alexander Lange Kielland |
