half-a-dollar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For each bale of cloth, half-a-dollar in coin is taken; on gums and coffee the duty is one pound in twenty-seven.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Cowhides pay half-a-dollar each, sheep and goat's skins four pice, and ghee about one per cent.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
"I'll take you for half-a-dollar, as you are, if you'll give me the right to sell enlargements as a prairie study."
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
He was examined about a hundred times, and on four occasions received a prize, once a sum in money equivalent to about seventy-five cents, and three other times a sum equal to about half-a-dollar!
From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.
I'm not a-goin' to give half-a-dollar to go in here.
From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna
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