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half-a-dollar

half-a-dollar proper noun: half-crown (in pre-decimalisation currency).

Proper noun

half-a-dollar

  1. (UK, historical, slang) Half-crown (in pre-decimalisation currency)

Questions about half-a-dollar

What does half-a-dollar mean?
Half-a-dollar means half-crown (in pre-decimalisation currency).
What part of speech is half-a-dollar?
Half-a-dollar is a proper noun.

Words near half-a-dollar in the dictionary

  1. half volleys
  2. Half Way Tree
  3. half-
  4. half-a-crown
  5. half-a-crowns
  6. half-a-dollar
  7. half-a-dozen
  8. half-and-half
  9. half-and-halfs
  10. half-angel
  11. half-angels

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