continental

  1. Adjective.  Of or relating to a continent or continents.
  2. Adjective.  In the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands.
  3. Adjective.  (chiefly, in the UK) Characteristic of the style of continental Europe, as opposed to British.
  4. Noun.  Someone from "the continent".
  5. Noun.  (US History) A member of the Continental army.
  6. Noun.  (US History) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war (hence the expression "not worth a continental").

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