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Even though I've read the story a half-hundred times since, I still keep hoping he'll make it — but he never does (except in the original "story for boys" that King Hendricks and I discovered when I was working with him at Utah State in l966 with the treasure-trove of Londoniana donated by Irving Shepard).

Interview With Jack London Scholar Dr. Earle Labor 2010

Sepeli, his queen, was six feet three inches and weighed two hundred and sixty, while her brother, Uiliami, who commanded the army in the intervals of resignation from the premiership, topped her by an inch and notched her an even half-hundred weight.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

Since then, I have probably eaten it a half-hundred times... from Hong Kong the best to London, Miami and Las Vegas to New York to here.

Jay Weston: Peking Duck Is a Standout at Philippe's Restaurant! Jay Weston 2011

Since then, I have probably eaten it a half-hundred times... from Hong Kong the best to London, Miami and Las Vegas to New York to here.

Jay Weston: Peking Duck Is a Standout at Philippe's Restaurant! Jay Weston 2011

Since then, I have probably eaten it a half-hundred times... from Hong Kong the best to London, Miami and Las Vegas to New York to here.

Jay Weston: Peking Duck Is a Standout at Philippe's Restaurant! Jay Weston 2011

I have sent to Dartmouth a sight of noblemen and gentlemen, maybe a half-hundred; and Valdez himself, who when I sent my pinnace aboard must needs stand on his punctilios, and propound conditions.

Westward Ho! 2007

It is known how the Great Duke (the breast of whose own coat was plastered with some half-hundred decorations) was averse to the wearing of ribbons, medals, clasps, and the like, by his army.

Roundabout Papers 2006

At half-past eight her maid brings her chocolate in bed, at ten she has fresh eggs and muffins, with, perhaps, a half-hundred of prawns for breakfast, and so can get over the day and the sermon till lunch-time pretty well.

George Cruikshank 2006

The Captain had lighted upon her in a half-hundred of corridors and passages.

Vanity Fair 2006

In New York the roads were any one of a half-hundred, and each had been diligently pursued by hundreds, so that celebrities were numerous.

Sister Carrie 2004