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thick-uns

thick-uns is the plural of thick-un.

Meaning of thick-un

Noun

thick-un (plural thick-uns)

  1. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A crown coin; its value, five 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
  2. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A sovereign coin.

Questions about thick-uns

What is thick-uns the plural of?
Thick-uns is the plural of thick-un.

Words near thick-uns in the dictionary

  1. thick-skulled
  2. thick-tailed bushbabies
  3. thick-tailed bushbaby
  4. thick-toed gecko
  5. thick-un
  6. thick-uns
  7. thick-witted
  8. thickalicious
  9. thickbill
  10. thickbills
  11. thickbrained

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