half a crown

£2.50 Two Pounds and Fifty pence in modern parlance. In 'old money' 2/6 two shillings and sixpence = twelve-and-a-half 'p', but with the rise of inflation, half a crown has more of a resonance with £2.50p

Hey Malcolm, can I have half a crown to cover your entry money for next year's Middlesex League?

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worker

Someone who arrives late, leaves early and does as little as possible in between.

Peterson is a most annoying worker. He shows up at 10, leaves at 4 and takes a 2-hour lunchbreak.

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Shpereicfic

Shaped like a Potato. Potato-shaped.

i) That guest-lecturer we had in last week was rather Shpereicfic.

ii) "Potatoes, Shmotatoes." "True, but anything with a Shpereicfic shape gets my vote!"