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half-hunters

half-hunters is the plural of half-hunter.

Meaning of half-hunter

Noun

half-hunter (plural half-hunters)

  1. A pocket watch of the hunter style, but with a glass panel or hole in the centre of the lid, giving a view of the hands even when the watch is closed.
    • Securing me with one hand, he […] coaxed from a washleather fob hanging in company with a crucifix I imagine from his neck a gunmetal half-hunter, sprang open its case, held it to his eyes […]1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    demi-hunter

Questions about half-hunters

What is half-hunters the plural of?
Half-hunters is the plural of half-hunter.

Words near half-hunters in the dictionary

  1. half-hourly
  2. half-hours
  3. half-human
  4. half-humans
  5. half-hunter
  6. half-hunters
  7. half-identical
  8. half-inch
  9. half-inched
  10. half-inches
  11. half-inching

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