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half tiger

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noun

  1. slang a five-rand coin

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This liger -- a half lion, half tiger -- at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia cared for her cub, whose father is a lion.

From The Wall Street Journal

This liger -- a half lion, half tiger -- at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia cared for… Caring for and helping household members Americans spend 32 minutes caring for and helping household members on weekdays, and 26 minutes on weekends and holidays.

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"The enchantress," the director of the zoo explains excitedly, "is a magnificent accident of nature, half tiger and half leopard."

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet his rule has a circus quality--half high-wire act, half tiger riding.

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Yet his rule has a circus quality�half high-wire act, half tiger riding.

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