tosheroonn.

/tɒʃəˈruːn/

Forms: Also tusheroon.

Etymology: Etymology unknown.

slang.

Half-a-crown; a coin of this value (in quot. 1859 erroneously said to be a crown).

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

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 112 Tusheroon, a crown piece, five shillings.

1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out xxix. 214 A tosheroon (half a crown) for the coat, two 'ogs for the trousers.

1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Doctor is Sick xvi. 125 ‘I haven't got three nicker,’ said Edwin, ‘nor one nicker, nor half a bar, nor a tosheroon, nor,’ he added, ‘a solitary single clod. I can't buy anything.’

1978 Daily Mirror 18 Feb. 19/1 All sorts of things, places and creatures we believed were everlasting have vanished, like trams, tosheroons and Constantinople.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tosheroon
释义	tosheroonn. /tɒʃəˈruːn/ Forms: Also tusheroon. Etymology: Etymology unknown. slang. Half-a-crown; a coin of this value (in quot. 1859 erroneously said to be a crown). 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 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 112 Tusheroon, a crown piece, five shillings. 1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out xxix. 214 A tosheroon (half a crown) for the coat, two 'ogs for the trousers. 1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Doctor is Sick xvi. 125 ‘I haven't got three nicker,’ said Edwin, ‘nor one nicker, nor half a bar, nor a tosheroon, nor,’ he added, ‘a solitary single clod. I can't buy anything.’ 1978 Daily Mirror 18 Feb. 19/1 All sorts of things, places and creatures we believed were everlasting have vanished, like trams, tosheroons and Constantinople. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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