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caroon

caroon noun: a crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.

Noun

caroon (plural caroons)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.
    • Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

Forms of caroon

pluralcaroons

Origin of caroon

A corruption of the Sabir and Italian corona (“crown”).

Words formed from caroon

Questions about caroon

What does caroon mean?
Caroon means a crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.
What part of speech is caroon?
Caroon is a noun.
What is the plural of caroon?
The plural of caroon is caroons.

Words near caroon in the dictionary

  1. Carones
  2. carons
  3. Caroní
  4. Carool
  5. caroome
  6. caroon
  7. Caroona
  8. caroons
  9. Carosalesan
  10. carosella
  11. carosellas

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