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half-gallon
[ haf-gal-uhn, hahf- ]
noun
- a half of a gallon, equal to 2 quarts (1.9 liters).
adjective
- holding or consisting of two quarts.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half-gallon1
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Example Sentences
Three years later, Washington came armed with ample alcohol—enough for a half gallon for every voter—and won with 331 votes.
Item 10 “Taxable refunds”… $1.98 at Safeway for a half gallon of milk that was past its sell-by date.
Girls weighed 90 pounds and barfed after eating a whole half-gallon of butter pecan ice cream.
Heat six gallons of water and put in three and a half pounds of soft soap and a half gallon of clean refuse oil.
This is the way they brewed it: A round-bottomed kettle was sitting on the brick range, with a half gallon of boiling water in it.
It struck me that a pound of fresh Rio coffee berry ought to make a half gallon of rather powerful coffee.
The missionary put his hand into this sawdust, and drew out a half-gallon can.
Peel and cut into pieces a large squash that will, when cooked fill a half gallon.
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