half-crown
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From its value of half of the crown (five-shilling) coin.
Noun
half-crown (plural half-crowns)
- (historical) A pre-decimal coin used in Britain and Ireland, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence
Synonyms
- half-a-tusheroon, half-a-tosheroon
- tosheroon, tusheroon, tossaroon
- tosh, tush
- half-a-bull
- half-a-dollar
- hog
- alderman
- madza caroon
Translations
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