Meaning of the full shilling | Babel Free

Definitions

In control of one's mental faculties; sane; all there.

Ireland, UK, no-plural

Examples

“It served her well, as her husband Bill, a small, quiet man, sustained shell-shock in the war and although pleasant, was not the full shilling. Whenever he wandered over to me to start a conversation I would always feel very uncomfortable.”

“She shook her head, sighing deeply. 'There are times when I wonder is he the full shilling at all?[…]”

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