half-bushel
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
I pick my apples by hand into half-bushel baskets, and put them in a wagon, with hay in the bottom.
From The Apple by Various
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 Crawford, Matthew
We carried the bags into the mill; there were three of them, each containing two bushels of corn; and meantime the two young millers brought along a half-bushel measure and a two-quart measure.
From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
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