Translations for „half a crown“ in the English » German Dictionary

half a ˈcrown [ˌhɑ:fəˈkraʊn] N no pl Brit

half a crown HISTORY → half-crown

half a crown

Halbkronenstück nt

See also half-crown

half-ˈcrown N hist

half-crown

Halbkronenstück nt

half-crown

Zweieinhalbschillingstück nt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

To get half a crown out of a night's work or a day's work for a match, it paid for the fish and chips and a bottle of drink.

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It was half a crown.

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He was paid a fee of half a crown.

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The admission charge remained at a shilling for the first four days, then raised to half a crown for the latter half of the draw.

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After an hour of back- breaking labour, he gave me half a crown, which to me was a fortune.

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The half a crown (12p) membership would have been a third of his weekly wage.

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It turned out the girl had been sent to the shop and had lost half a crown.

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The charge was half a crown a bottle.

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It opened in 1875 and everyone had to pay at least half a crown.

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They cost 32,000 to build when labour was half a crown a day.

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