What does caroon mean?
Caroon means (UK, obsolete slang) A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, obsolete slang) A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings..
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.
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Caroon means (UK, obsolete slang) A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings..
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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.
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