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half-dime 
n. a coin worth five cents; nickel.
See also: nickel
- 1870 It was decided that the following should be the rates at which the depreciated coinage should be current:--Half dollar, 47c.; quarter, 23c.; dime, 9c.; half-dime, 4c.
- 1959 He joined almost the total juvenile population of the day in reading all the "half-dime" novels he could get.
- 1870 It was decided that the following should be the rates at which the depreciated coinage should be current:--Half dollar, 47c.; quarter, 23c.; dime, 9c.; half-dime, 4c.