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From another corner he tried to extricate a half-sovereign, but it would not come, the knot was too tight.
Thereby Hangs a Tale|George Manville Fenn
(fumbling for a half-sovereign, but on failing to find it, rashly flourishing his seal ring in their faces).
Lancashire Humour|Thomas Newbigging
The wideawake then and there spun up into the air, even as the half-sovereign had spun before it.
A Bride from the Bush|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
And there Fanny sat gazing on the half-sovereign, as if she was half stupefied.
Fanny, the Flower-Girl|Selina Bunbury

"But I've changed my mind," pleaded Flopper, helplessly, and he handed the half-sovereign to Tom.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887|Various

单词	half sovereign
释义	half sovereign noun a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings. Origin of half sovereign First recorded in 1495–1505 Words nearby half sovereign half size, half-slip, half-smile, half snipe, half sole, half sovereign, half-staff, half-starved, half step, half story, half-stuff Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for half sovereign From another corner he tried to extricate a half-sovereign, but it would not come, the knot was too tight. Thereby Hangs a Tale\|George Manville Fenn (fumbling for a half-sovereign, but on failing to find it, rashly flourishing his seal ring in their faces). Lancashire Humour\|Thomas Newbigging The wideawake then and there spun up into the air, even as the half-sovereign had spun before it. A Bride from the Bush\|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung And there Fanny sat gazing on the half-sovereign, as if she was half stupefied. Fanny, the Flower-Girl\|Selina Bunbury "But I've changed my mind," pleaded Flopper, helplessly, and he handed the half-sovereign to Tom. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887\|Various
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half sovereign

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