fifty-fifty
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The whole number of resident members is one hundred and fifty; fifty of whom are men, and upward of sixty children.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
Keep the ball rolling, gentlemen, keep it rolling!—fifty!—thanks, noble Roman!—going at fifty, fifty, fifty!—seventy!—ninety!—splendid!—a hundred!—pile it up, pile it up!—hundred and twenty—forty!—just in time!—hundred and fifty!—Two hundred!—superb!
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark
Then making the pesos sound in his pocket, he passed the brothers, looking the other way and crying: “I pay fifty; fifty against twenty for the lásak!”
From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by Rizal, José
I want seventy-five—fifty, fifty, fifty, fif—fif-tee, tee, t-e-e—what, no one here willing to pay more than fifty dollars for this bee-u—utiful bit of antique mahogany?
From Polly in New York by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
Keep the ball rolling, gentlemen, keep it rolling!—fifty!—thanks, noble Roman!—going at fifty, fifty, fifty!—seventy!—ninety!—splendid!—a hundred!—pile it up, pile it up!—hundred and twenty—forty!—just in time!—hundred and fifty!—Two hundred!—superb!
From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Twain, Mark
