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caroons

caroons is the plural of caroon.

Meaning of caroon

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

Phrases with caroons

Questions about caroons

What is caroons the plural of?
Caroons is the plural of caroon.

Words near caroons in the dictionary

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

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