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half-dollar

half-dollar noun: a coin worth one half of a dollar, typically 50 cents.

Noun

half-dollar (plural half-dollars)

  1. A coin worth one half of a dollar, typically 50 cents.
    • The Crescent Road sheds had a favourite locomotive - Stanier 4MT tank engine 42626 (known by Bolton locomen as 'two half-dollars') - and the shed authorities quietly arranged for it to be put to one side for a few days, while the ardent schoolboys set to work cleaning it. [This may be inspired by...2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 55

Forms of half-dollar

pluralhalf-dollars

Origin of half-dollar

From half- + dollar.

Questions about half-dollar

What does half-dollar mean?
Half-dollar means a coin worth one half of a dollar, typically 50 cents.
What part of speech is half-dollar?
Half-dollar is a noun.
What is the plural of half-dollar?
The plural of half-dollar is half-dollars.

Words near half-dollar in the dictionary

  1. half-decks
  2. half-demon
  3. half-demons
  4. half-diminished seventh chord
  5. half-diminished seventh chords
  6. half-dollar
  7. half-dollars
  8. half-done
  9. half-door
  10. half-doors
  11. half-dozen

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