"thick-un" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-thick-un.ogg [Australia] Forms: thick-uns [plural]
Etymology: From thick + un (“one”, dialectal). Etymology templates: {{m|en|thick}} thick, {{m|en|un|pos=dialectal|t=one}} un (“one”, dialectal) Head templates: {{en-noun}} thick-un (plural thick-uns)
  1. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A crown coin; its value, five shillings. Tags: UK, historical, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Coins
    Sense id: en-thick-un-en-noun-e5OtNViw Disambiguation of Coins: 50 50 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32
  2. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A sovereign coin. Tags: UK, historical, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Coins
    Sense id: en-thick-un-en-noun-h-TkZAGb Disambiguation of Coins: 50 50 Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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