half tiger

British  

noun

1. slang  a five-rand coin

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Example Sentences

This liger -- a half lion, half tiger -- at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia cared for her cub, whose father is a lion.

From The Wall Street Journal

This liger -- a half lion, half tiger -- at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia cared for… Caring for and helping household members Americans spend 32 minutes caring for and helping household members on weekdays, and 26 minutes on weekends and holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal

They show that the polite and polished Frenchman may be so aroused as to be turned into a wild beast, and give a color of reason to the savage remark of Voltaire—himself one of the race—that "a Frenchman was half monkey and half tiger."

From Project Gutenberg

"The enchantress," the director of the zoo explains excitedly, "is a magnificent accident of nature, half tiger and half leopard."

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet his rule has a circus quality--half high-wire act, half tiger riding.

From Time Magazine Archive