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half-dollars

half-dollars is the plural of half-dollar.

Meaning of half-dollar

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

Questions about half-dollars

What is half-dollars the plural of?
Half-dollars is the plural of half-dollar.

Words near half-dollars in the dictionary

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

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