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half joes

half joes is the plural of half joe.

Meaning of half joe

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

Questions about half joes

What is half joes the plural of?
Half joes is the plural of half joe.

Words near half joes in the dictionary

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

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