bob(旧时)先令；(现时)5便士

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

The British slang word bob，long a shilling，now means five pence．It has been suggested that the word，familiar to all British—speaking peoples，may come from the name of Sir Robert(Bob)Walpole(1676－1745)．The first earl of Walpole was intimately connected with money in his posts as army paymaster，first commissioner of the treasury，chancellor of the Exchequer，and finally as England’s prime minister．But the word bob isn’t recorded until about 1810，some sixty—five years after Walpole’s death，so the derivation remains uncertain．

英国俚语，旧时指“先令”，现时新制十进制中指5便士。这是英国人都熟悉的俚语，据认为此词与Robert(Bob)Walpole伯爵(1676－1745)有关。

Bob是Robert的昵称。他的官职一直与财政有关。walpole伯爵先后任军需总监、财务总监、财政大臣，最后任首相。但bob一词直到1810年左右才有记录，也就是在Walpole死了65年之后。因此，此词出典难以确定。