单词 | half a crack |
释义 | > as lemmashalf a crack 19. half a crack: half a crown; two shillings and sixpence. slang. 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 1933 R. A. Knox Body in Silo xxiii. 237 So I hired the coat and hat and the rest of the outfit for half a crack from one of the artists. 1948 C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident 85 A simple, ordinary coin of the realm, vulgarly known as half a crack or a demi-dollar. < as lemmas |
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