Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-a-dollar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables
half-a--dol-lar
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Half-crown (in pre-decimalisation currency)

British usage; Slang

Usage

Questions

What does half-a-dollar mean?
Half-crown (in pre-decimalisation currency)

How to pronounce half-a-dollar

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