Coachwheel

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cartwheel, the wheel of a horse-drawn coach
  2. 2
    A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings. UK, historical, obsolete, slang

    "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."

Synonyms

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crown

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From coach + wheel.

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