| 单词 | half-a-caser |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-a-caser 1. In Australia and Britain: a crown, five shillings. Also in half-a-caser. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > crown or five shillings halfpenny of gold1463 crown1526 crown piece1613 decus1688 British-crown1695 bull's-eye1699 petition crown1745 Britain crown1793 bull1819 caser1825 Oxford scholar1937 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > North American coins > U.S. quarter dollar1615 bit1683 quarter1776 cent1782 dollar1785 dime1786 eagle1786 half-dollar1786 half-eagle1786 sharpshin1804 picayune1805 caser1825 pic1839 double eagle1849 slug1851 hog1859 pine tree money1859 martin bita1884 meter1940 1825 Austral. (Sydney) 29 Sept. 3/4 A swell drew out his thimble and handed it to the time keeper, together with a few casers. 1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) 111 Caser is the Hebrew word for a crown. 1879 J. W. Horsley in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 501/2 One morning I found I did not have more than a caser (5s.). 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 35 I borrowed half-a-caser off a murderer once. 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 256 Knocker brought some money and examined it... ‘A nicker, half a bar, a caser an' a hole.’ 1950 People (Austral.) 11 Oct. 13/1 I often fought four rounds for a caser (five shillings) and I saw plenty of others doing it. 1998 Coin News May 37/3 The crown was dubbed ‘Casey's Caser’ in parliament during debate on its issue. < as lemmas |
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