Half-a-crown

Half-a-crown to seven and sixpence, according to size.

Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006

Half-a-crown I can earn a-day; with an air of pride and petulance, at being startled.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

Half-a-crown into the white cotton glove, because Simon Lent was too tired to ask for change.

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

Half-a-crown was the value which the Grimsby tailor placed upon the clothes which Charlie and Ping Wang were wearing.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

_The above may be had Two Volumes bound in One, at Half-a-crown cloth, gilt edges, or 2s. plain edges.

Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain Julia Charlotte Maitland

"I'll bet you Half-a-crown to sixpence," said Lord Peter, "that you'll remember within five minutes."

Whose Body Sayers, Dorothy L. 1923

Half-a-crown and the most important thing in life.

The Captives Hugh Walpole 1912

Half-a-crown return to Oxshott and a train at 12.35.

Prose Fancies Richard Le Gallienne 1906

Half-a-crown was much to Mary Yeo, and a jest was more; but

Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900

"Half-a-crown is not much, Dick," said his father, almost humbly.

Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers F. Anstey 1895