half-bushel
Americannoun
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In retirement, I pulled it out, mooched a half-bushel of organic soybeans from an Iowa farmer friend and launched into tofu-making again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
“Whereas usually on the holidays, people would buy bushels or a half-bushel because they’d have a Thanksgiving party or they’d have a Christmas party . . . and having raw oysters would be part of their appetizers.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2021
This seat, a spading fork, a garden trowel, and a half-bushel basket lined with cloth to keep the bulblets from passing through, are the appliances needed for the work.
From The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus by Matthew Crawford
Amy has a half-bushel, and she keeps them in a hand-bag in the bath-room closet.
From Evening Dress Farce by William Dean Howells
We pack in bushel-and-a-half sacks, filled from the half-bushel measure, mark with the name of variety, and haul to market in spring wagon.
From The Apple by Various
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