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half joe

half joe noun: a Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America.

Noun

half joe (plural half joes)

  1. (Canada, US, historical) A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America.
    • [M]y father's draft […] was paid in the Portuguese coin of half-Joes, or six-and-thirty shilling pieces, at that time made current in Great Britain.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 59

Forms of half joe

pluralhalf joes

Questions about half joe

What does half joe mean?
Half joe means a Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America.
What part of speech is half joe?
Half joe is a noun.
What is the plural of half joe?
The plural of half joe is half joes.

Words near half joe in the dictionary

  1. half hour
  2. half hours
  3. half in the bag
  4. half inch
  5. half inches
  6. half joe
  7. half joes
  8. half joke
  9. half joked
  10. half jokes
  11. half joking

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