old money
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.
- The monetary system used in the United Kingdom and Ireland before decimalisation in 1971 and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
- The imperial system of measurement or Fahrenheit, as opposed to the metric system or Celsius.
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