half-bushel
[ haf-boosh-uhl, hahf- ]
noun
a unit of dry measure equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).
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How to use half-bushel in a sentence
Level the seed in the spoon with a knife-blade, like measuring grain in a half-bushel.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.In these places the little animals put away sometimes a peck or a half bushel of beans.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreHe was popularly described as having a head "as big as a half bushel," surmounted by a great shock of hair.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler | Pardee ButlerAs the fire was about four feet in diameter, the usual width, there was plenty of room for our half bushel of potatoes.
Old Rail Fence Corners | VariousThe half bushel measures wheat precisely the same, whether that wheat is worth three dollars or one dollar.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersoll
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