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half bull

half bull noun: a coin worth half a crown (two shilling and sixpence; 2s 6d).

Noun

half bull (plural half bulls)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A coin worth half a crown (two shilling and sixpence; 2s 6d).
    • "And would you believe it," he added, with a sudden change of attitude, "I've done fifty-two of those Dam' little tracts, and what d'you reckon I get for them? Half a crown apiece - a miserable half bull," he said, thrusting the insignificance of that sum upon the curate's attention with the stem...1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 60

Forms of half bull

pluralhalf bulls

Questions about half bull

What does half bull mean?
Half bull means a coin worth half a crown (two shilling and sixpence; 2s 6d).
What part of speech is half bull?
Half bull is a noun.
What is the plural of half bull?
The plural of half bull is half bulls.

Words near half bull in the dictionary

  1. half brethren
  2. half brother
  3. half brother-in-law
  4. half brothers
  5. half brothers-in-law
  6. half bull
  7. half bulls
  8. half butt
  9. half butts
  10. half cadence
  11. half cadences

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