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deener

A shilling in pre-decimal Australian currency.

In a sentence

In this historical or contextual use, “deener” means a shilling in pre-decimal Australian currency.

Where it came from

ABC's remembered-slang material explicitly records deener as historical Australian currency slang.

Initial era
1950–1999
Where used
Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established

Sources