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  • noun Plural form of half-dollar.

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Examples

  • Water falls across my legs from holes in the roof the size of half-dollars.

    The Right Thing Robert Boswell 2011

  • By the way, the best way to find silver coins is to request half-dollars from your bank.

    A Counterfeit Penny Made of Gold » E-Mail 2009

  • Across the left ankle, from instep to heel, were scattered half a dozen scars the size of half-dollars.

    CHAPTER I 2010

  • By the way, the best way to find silver coins is to request half-dollars from your bank.

    A Counterfeit Penny Made of Gold 2009

  • I think I wore out a couple half-dollars by dropping them on the concrete or into the pool as I sat on a lifeguard's chair one summer, fiddling with the coins.

    I Got It Wrong Steve Perry 2010

  • I think I wore out a couple half-dollars by dropping them on the concrete or into the pool as I sat on a lifeguard's chair one summer, fiddling with the coins.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Steve Perry 2010

  • He pulled out two limpets the size of half-dollars and wiped algae off the undulating brown feet with a corner of his shirt.

    The Humble Limpet (Petalida): A Treasure of the Sea (Η Tαπεινή Πεταλίδα) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • He pulled out two limpets the size of half-dollars and wiped algae off the undulating brown feet with a corner of his shirt.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Kennedy half-dollars are lucky precisely because he and his family have exhausted the possible bad luck that could be associated with them!

    Making Light: Open thread 136 2010

  • Vermont based Johnny Swing is a master of repurposed material, and here we see his collection of seating that uses a variety of coins (quarters, nickels, half-dollars) to produce a couch and some chairs.

    Coin Furniture by Johnny Swing 2008

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