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madza caroon

madza caroon noun: a half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.

Noun

madza caroon (plural madza caroons)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
    • 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 madza caroon

pluralmadza caroons

Origin of madza caroon

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

Questions about madza caroon

What does madza caroon mean?
Madza caroon means a half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
What part of speech is madza caroon?
Madza caroon is a noun.
What is the plural of madza caroon?
The plural of madza caroon is madza caroons.

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