half-a-dollar

noun

1. slang,  another name for a half-crown

Example Sentences

But just a week later, KWG Property pulled a perpetual bond issue after attempts to woo wealthy retail investors with a rebate of as much as half-a-dollar on each bond failed to enthuse buyers.

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I betted Aubrey half-a-dollar that you'd blow in.

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I reckon I'll have half-a-dollar on, any old way.

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The company pay a proportion, by the gentlemen procuring tickets to admit themselves and ladies for half-a-dollar, about 2s. 3d. sterling, which of itself affords sufficient means to provide all those sumptuous viands and costly liquids with which they regale themselves when fatigued with dancing.

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One workman can make in a day 300 or 400 shingles, which are sold on the spot for half-a-dollar per 100.

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