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单词 half-crown
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Definition of half-crown in English:

half-crown

(also half a crown)
noun
  • A former British coin and monetary unit equal to two shillings and sixpence (121/2p).

    (英国旧制辅币)半克朗(合2先令6便士)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several decades later, Thornborough gave Whitacre a half-crown in exchange for a grain of rye that was to be doubled in number each week for a year.
    • I was not consulted about the abolition of the crown, or the half-crown.
    • Canon McHugh, presented each of us with a half-crown, the equivalent of twenty-five pence in today's currency, which at that time was indeed a princely sum.
    • A gilded silver twopence might well pass for a gold half-crown to the unwary.
    • Those savings would be made up of the sovereigns, florins, half-crowns, and the smaller silver he received over the years for his smithy work.
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