madza caroon

noun

A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.

OriginItalian mezzo →
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Meanings

nounmadza caroon (plural madza caroons)

plural madza caroons

  1. UKobsoleteslangA half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.

    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
half-crown

Origin

  1. Italianmezzo
  2. Englishmadza caroon

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

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