单词 | half-bull |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-bull half-bull n. (a) a pontifical letter issued by a new pope before his coronation, so called because the bulla is impressed with only one side of the seal, that representing the apostles (Giry); (b) [bull n.1 7] slang a half-crown. ΚΠ 1789 Sessions' Papers June 550/1 Bulls and half bulls are crowns and half crowns, in coiner's language, and a bob is a shilling. 1853 Dickens Bleak House xlvi. 448 Four half bulls, wot you may call halfcrowns. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xvi. 216 I've gotter get that 'arf-bull 'r somethin' dangerous may set in. < as lemmas |
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