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halfer

halfer

9.9
A United States coin worth half a dollar
  • noun
  • /ˈhæfər/
  • Informal
translation icon : moneda de 50 centavos
  • She paid with a halfer for her coffee at the cafe.

Examples

  • I found a shiny halfer on the ground at the park today.

  • The treasure map indicated a hidden halfer buried near the old oak tree.

  • I had literally the size of half dollars.

  • I had literally the size of half dollars.

  • I had literally the size of half dollars.

  • I had literally the size of half dollars.

  • So I'll thank you know, Charles and Jim give me these half dollars here.

  • I felt like it was like maybe like half dollar size knots in my in my body getting worked out.

  • It looks like a Kennedy half dollar, but if you lift it up this way, it's fake.

  • So when we did our testing, we used Asytac thermal paste versus Asytac thermal paste when it was applied in the sort of half dollar size amount on the cold plate.

Synonyms

half dollar
vshalfer
  • US
3 1.4

A United States coin worth fifty cents

is the informal name for that coin
fifty-cent piece
vshalfer
  • US
1 1.8

A coin from the United States worth fifty cents, equal to half a dollar

is the informal name for that coin

Surface Forms

halfer singular
halfers plural

Morphology

halfer = half (semi-transparent) = half + er

The nickname is based on half + -er, but the reference to a half-dollar coin is a lexicalized colloquial label rather than a fully regular derivation.

Etymology

Halfer comes from half and -er, where half means 'one of two equal parts' and -er means 'a person or thing'. So a halfer is an informal, friendly name for a half dollar coin worth fifty cents.