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half-crowns

half-crowns is the plural of half-crown.

Meaning of half-crown

Noun

half-crown (plural half-crowns)

  1. (historical) A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
    • […] though we play but half-crowns, you know you may bet half guineas with him.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 249
    Synonyms:
    half-a-tusheroon, half-a-tosheroon, tosheroon, tusheroon, tossaroon, tosh, tush, half-a-bull, half-a-dollar, hog, alderman, madza caroon

Questions about half-crowns

What is half-crowns the plural of?
Half-crowns is the plural of half-crown.

Words near half-crowns in the dictionary

  1. half-court violations
  2. half-cousin
  3. half-cousins
  4. half-cracked
  5. half-crown
  6. half-crowns
  7. half-cut
  8. half-dead
  9. half-deal
  10. half-deals
  11. half-decent

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