cartwheel
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Sense 1
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).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979.
Register: slang
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “cartwheel” mean?
A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
Is “cartwheel” formal or informal?
cartwheel is generally slang.