Half-an-hour

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of half an hour. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "[S]ome very languid remarks on the probable brilliancy of the ball were all that broke, at intervals, a silence of half-an-hour, before they were joined by the master of the house."

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"I yet lingered half-an-hour longer, hoping to see some sign of amity: but she gave none."

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