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half bulls

half bulls is the plural of half bull.

Meaning of half bull

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

Questions about half bulls

What is half bulls the plural of?
Half bulls is the plural of half bull.

Words near half bulls in the dictionary

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

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