subs. (common).—A crown piece; HALF-OXFORD = half-a-crown: see BULL.
1898. BINSTEAD, A Pink ’Un and a Pelican, 65. In peacocked the little man with the long chain, the ‘wine-steward’ who chucked away Ernest’s ‘HALF-OXFORD.’
subs. (common).—A crown piece; HALF-OXFORD = half-a-crown: see BULL.
1898. BINSTEAD, A Pink ’Un and a Pelican, 65. In peacocked the little man with the long chain, the ‘wine-steward’ who chucked away Ernest’s ‘HALF-OXFORD.’
