Meaning of half-crown | Babel Free

Definitions

A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.

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Equivalents

Examples

“[…] though we play⟳ but half-crowns, you know⟳ you may bet⟳ half guineas with him.”

“Keeping, therefore, an eye to the main chance, stimulated by the best possible motive, Helen emptied her purse on the bed, in such a manner, as to allow⟳ a stray half sovereign to escape⟳, when she added the shillings and half-crowns to the little heap, and said, in a tremulous voice, "Here is my money."”

“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.”

“This is a masterly work⟳ of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.”

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