half-crown
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
half-a-tusheroon, half-a-tosheroon
tosheroon, tusheroon, tossaroon
tosh, tush
half-a-bull
half-a-dollar
hog
alderman
madza caroon