caroon

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noun

A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.

OriginItalian corona →
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Meanings

nouncaroon (plural caroons)

plural caroons

  1. UKobsoleteslangA crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.

    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.

    1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
crown

Origin

  1. Italiancorona“crown”
  2. Englishcaroon

A corruption of the Sabir and Italian corona (“crown”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

caroon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caroon

MLA

“caroon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caroon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caroon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caroon.

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