half-crownn.

a. A coin (latterly silver) of Great Britain, of the value of two shillings and sixpence; sometimes used for the equivalent sum, which is regularly expressed by half-a-crown n. (From 1970 no longer legal tender.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > half-crown or thirty pennies

mancusOE

half-crowna1549

George1660

St George1661

slate1699

trooper1699

tosheroon1859

tosh1912

half a crack1933

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 121 The crownes and the halfe crownes..be not so fyne Golde.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 109^v, There is not past an halfe crowne lost.

1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles xvii. 109 Thirty single Pence with us make a Half-Crown.

1841 E. Hawkins Silver Coins Eng. 142 In 1551 commenced the circulation of crowns, half-crowns, shillings, sixpences, and threepences.

1884 R. L. Kenyon Gold Coins Eng. 92 Henry VIII..Second Coinage..Half Crowns Value 2s. 6d...Obv. like the reverse of the crowns. Rev. like the obverse of the crowns.

1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 27 [They] will not sticke to spende halfe a crowne.1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox graculi 51 Halfe a Crownes worth of Two-penny pasties.1717 G. Berkeley Jrnl. Trav. Italy 3 June in Wks. (1955) VII. 294 A..mark as large as half-a-crown.1851 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 155 Half-a-crown each you may lay out for them.

b. attrib.

ΚΠ

a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) i. 2 Has no Atturneys Clarke..changed his Halfe-Crowne-peece.

1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 347 A Man, who keeps an Half-Crown or Twelve-penny Ordinary.

1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville I. 165 [To] sit down to half-crown whist with antiquated spinsters.

Derivatives

half-crowner n. a person who pays a half-crown for a seat at a performance, etc.; a publication costing a half-crown.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > occupants of specific seat or place

scaffolder1597

nutcracker1602

groundling1604

understander1633

pit-mask1701

goddess1799

pittite1807

stall-holder1849

half-crowner1886

stallite1887

1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 71/2 Half-crowner.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 250/1 Half-crowner, a publication costing 2s. 6d.

1937 G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 288 The half-crowners energetically cried ‘Hear, hear’.

1959 New Statesman 25 July 106/2 One can watch the half-crowners filing..before the country-house displays of things properly designed and well made.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2016).

单词	half-crown
释义	half-crownn. a. A coin (latterly silver) of Great Britain, of the value of two shillings and sixpence; sometimes used for the equivalent sum, which is regularly expressed by half-a-crown n. (From 1970 no longer legal tender.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > half-crown or thirty pennies mancusOE half-crowna1549 George1660 St George1661 slate1699 trooper1699 tosheroon1859 tosh1912 half a crack1933 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 121 The crownes and the halfe crownes..be not so fyne Golde. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 109^v, There is not past an halfe crowne lost. 1692 T. Wagstaffe Vindic. King Charles xvii. 109 Thirty single Pence with us make a Half-Crown. 1841 E. Hawkins Silver Coins Eng. 142 In 1551 commenced the circulation of crowns, half-crowns, shillings, sixpences, and threepences. 1884 R. L. Kenyon Gold Coins Eng. 92 Henry VIII..Second Coinage..Half Crowns Value 2s. 6d...Obv. like the reverse of the crowns. Rev. like the obverse of the crowns. 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 27 [They] will not sticke to spende halfe a crowne.1622 ‘Jack Dawe’ Vox graculi 51 Halfe a Crownes worth of Two-penny pasties.1717 G. Berkeley Jrnl. Trav. Italy 3 June in Wks. (1955) VII. 294 A..mark as large as half-a-crown.1851 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 155 Half-a-crown each you may lay out for them. b. attrib. ΚΠ a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) i. 2 Has no Atturneys Clarke..changed his Halfe-Crowne-peece. 1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 347 A Man, who keeps an Half-Crown or Twelve-penny Ordinary. 1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville I. 165 [To] sit down to half-crown whist with antiquated spinsters. Derivatives half-crowner n. a person who pays a half-crown for a seat at a performance, etc.; a publication costing a half-crown. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > occupants of specific seat or place scaffolder1597 nutcracker1602 groundling1604 understander1633 pit-mask1701 goddess1799 pittite1807 stall-holder1849 half-crowner1886 stallite1887 1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 71/2 Half-crowner. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 250/1 Half-crowner, a publication costing 2s. 6d. 1937 G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 288 The half-crowners energetically cried ‘Hear, hear’. 1959 New Statesman 25 July 106/2 One can watch the half-crowners filing..before the country-house displays of things properly designed and well made. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2016). < n.a1549
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