The same as a “bit” or a “levy.”
1824. The bill amounted to the enormous sum of one York shilling for each gentleman.—The Microscope, Albany, March 27.
1824. This remark quickly brought a York shilling out of my pocket for toll.—Mass. Spy, Sept. 8.
1825. See HARD MONEY.
1834. I’ll go a York shilling ’gainst a Louisian bit, that you can’t tell to save you.—W. G. Simms, ‘Guy Rivers,’ ii. 65 (1837).
1854. Apples are offered in our streets for three York shillings apiece.—Weekly Oregonian, Aug. 5.
1861. When we arrived at Kirtland Corners, we had just the York shilling left.—Brigham Young, Feb. 17: ‘Journal of Discourses,’ viii. 337.
