tosheroon

A tosheroon [half a crown] for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf.

Down and Out in Paris and London 1933

Cockney slang for a half-crown coin was tusheroon, tossaroon, or tosheroon, a corruption of another slang term for this coin, madza caroon, a corruption of the Italian mezzo ` half 'corona ` crown.'

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4 1993

A tosheroon [half a crown] for the coat, two ‘ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ‘og for the cap and scarf.

Down and Out in Paris and London 2004