half-crown

== English == === Alternative forms === half crown half-a-crown === 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, Ireland and New Zealand, 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 ==== ==== See also ==== half sovereign