"half joe" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "half joes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "half joe (plural half joes)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 59",
          "text": "[M]y father's draft […] was paid in the Portuguese coin of half-Joes, or six-and-thirty shilling pieces, at that time made current in Great Britain."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ],
        [
          "rei",
          "rei"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Canada, US, now historical) A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "half joe"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "half joes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "half joe (plural half joes)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Canadian English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with historical senses",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 59",
          "text": "[M]y father's draft […] was paid in the Portuguese coin of half-Joes, or six-and-thirty shilling pieces, at that time made current in Great Britain."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ],
        [
          "rei",
          "rei"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly Canada, US, now historical) A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America."
      ],
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        "Canada",
        "US",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "half joe"
}