Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-a-crown

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: half-a-crown
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of half-crown.

noun

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

half-a-crowns (plural)

Questions

What does half-a-crown mean?: Alternative form of half-crown.

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