Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩ in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or (obsolete) in all its uses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: slash in its use to mark the amount of shillings in a sum or
Antonyms: none provided
History
A development of the long s ⟨s⟩, an abbreviation of Latin solidus, used to mark the amount of shillings in a sum. Formerly also the slash in all its uses, but this extended sense was taken on by the term solidus.
