old money
Noun
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Noun
old money (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, often, derogatory) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
- (British, Irish) The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
- (humorous) The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system.
- These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?
- French: vieille fortune
- German: alter Geldadel
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