the full shilling
(UK, Ireland, negative polarity) In control of one's mental faculties; sane; all there.
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(UK, Ireland, negative polarity) In control of one's mental faculties; sane; all there.
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.
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