half-a-crown

noun

1. another name for a half-crown

Example Sentences

We used to queue for half-a-crown standing tickets at the School Camp, under canvas along the Avon.

From The Guardian

Verily the mouth of Democracy must water at the thought of the annual 'division of the spoils' which used to take place under the old régime: spoils which were worth dividing, too, in the days when rents were paid without a murmur, and colleges had not as yet to allow tenants to hold at half-a-crown an acre, lest the farm should be unlet altogether.

From Project Gutenberg

"And teaches boys at half-a-crown an hour," put in Lewis junior.

From Project Gutenberg

On the morning but one after, an excursion opposition steamer was advertised to start for Boulogne—fares, half-a-crown; return-tickets, four shillings.

From Project Gutenberg

If engaged by time, sixpence per hour, twopence a quarter of an hour, half-a-crown for a day of eight hours. 

From Project Gutenberg