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Headley | 20:07 Sun 14th Oct 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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I have Microsoft Bookshelf 99 - which includes Chambers Dictionary and Thesaurus and find this very useful without having to have large books to thumb through. In it is the word "Deaner" that seems to be causing a number of problems.
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deaner/dena/denar/dener = a shilling (1/-), from the mid-1800's, derived from association with the many European dinar coins and similar, and derived in turn and associated with the Roman denarius coin which formed the basis of many European currencies and their names. The pronunciation emphasis tends to be on the long second syllable 'aah' sound. The expression is interpreted into Australian and New Zealand money slang as deener, again meaning shilling.
can be found by scrolling down to slang terms.
http://www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory .htm

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Thanks Teacher have put this site in my favourites for future use.

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