crown
- noun
- /kraʊn/
- Archaic
- When he found a crown in his pocket, he realized he could buy a treat.
- bought for one crown
Examples
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Half a crown, my lord.
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Half a crown was in it, right?
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The gentleman gave me half a crown and forgot his change.
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You just said you could change half a crown.
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If you are in London, and you have half a crown in your pocket, you may see me there.
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He gave me half a crown.
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If the government says that this coin is worth a half crown, then that's what it's worth.
Fiction book (1993) -
Half a crown from Mrs. Moore, sixpence from the doctor, tuppence...
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He paid me a crown for the service I provided.
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The old coin collection included several crown coins from the early 1900s.
Idioms
Compounds
- US
A title given to a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in the same year
- Jargon
In baseball, a player who leads the league in batting average, runs batted in, and home runs in one season
- NSFW
A ring of thorn branches put on Jesus' head to mock and hurt him before his death on the cross
- Archaic
A place ruled directly by the British king or queen, usually through a governor they choose
- Specialized
A fast forest fire that moves through the tops of trees, often moving ahead of the fire on the ground
- Specialized
A type of glass lens makers use that bends light little and keeps colours from separating
- Archaic
Old window glass you get by blowing hot glass into a round disk and spinning it flat
A tall plant with a ring of leaves at the top of its stem and bright bell-shaped orange flowers
- Specialized
A plant with large reddish-purple trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous seeds that grows in fields and roadsides
- Specialized
A lens made from a kind of clear glass that gives sharp images with little color blur
- Specialized
A plant with pink and white flowers that spreads to cover soil and prevent erosion
- Specialized
A fungal disease of alfalfa that causes white growths at the base of the stem
An annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico
- Archaic
A hard cap placed over a broken or decayed tooth to make it look and work like a real tooth
- Specialized
Clear glass used in camera lenses that bends light less and keeps colours from separating
- Jargon
A baseball season when a player leads the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crown the coin was named because many of these coins had a picture of a crown on them, and the word comes from corona, meaning a 'garland' or 'wreath'. That's why a crown was seen as a royal or important coin.