caroon

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Meaning · English

A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.

Register: slang

Examples

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.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “caroon” mean?

A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings.

Is “caroon” formal or informal?

caroon is generally slang.