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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation hogshead
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of hogshead.
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The revenues produced by the 2s./hhd. duty &c. included revenues other than those arising from the 2s. duty.
Leslie V. Brock: The Colonial Currency, Prices, and Exchange Rates New York 1992
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From the 2s./hhd. duty &c. on tobacco exports, it is possible to calculate the number of hogsheads of tobacco exported annually for the year ending October 25.
Leslie V. Brock: The Colonial Currency, Prices, and Exchange Rates New York 1992
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If the average of the annual exports from the independent source be divided by the average of those for the corresponding years calculated from the revenues of the 2s./hhd., the result will be .8284.
Leslie V. Brock: The Colonial Currency, Prices, and Exchange Rates New York 1992
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He gave the people another hhd of claret & some sugar, & to the Cap't a quarter cask of wine for his own drinking, also 6 lengths of old junk.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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They kept company with us all night, and in the morning sent us a hhd of wine.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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The weight necessary to manufacture 10,000 hhds of sugar, is usually estimated at 250,000 tons, or 25 tons per hhd. of 15 or 16 cwt.
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[105] The hhd. of sugar, as in Martin's tables, is here estimated at
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject E. N. [Editor] Elliott
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The brigantine was called the Sarah, commanded by Tho's Smith, & had on board 11 hhd of rum, 23 hhd of sugar,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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There was on board 30 hhd sugar, 1 hhd & 1 bbl indigo, 13 hhd Bourdeaux wine, & provisions in plenty.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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