L.S.D.

L.S.D.
n. (also pound.s.d.) Brit.
1 pounds, shillings, and pence (in former British currency).
2 money, riches.
Etymology: L librae, solidi, denarii

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pounds, shillings, and pence.
Also, £.s.d., l.s.d.
[ < L librae, solidi, denarii]

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L.S.D. or l.s.d.,
pounds, shillings, and pence (Latin, librae, solidi, denarii).
LSD (no periods),
1. landing ship, dock.
2. lysergic acid diethylamide: »

LSD…is a chemical that produces hallucinations and delusions in healthy persons like those in mental sickness (Science News Letter).

[< German l(yserg)s(äure)-d(iäthylamid) lysergic acid diethylamide]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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