half crown
half crown is the alternative form of half-crown.
Meaning of half-crown
Noun
half-crown (plural half-crowns)
- 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
Forms of half crown
| plural | half crowns |
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Questions about half crown
- What is half crown the alternative form of?
- Half crown is the alternative form of half-crown.
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