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HELL'S HALF ACRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hell's Half Acre mean?
• HELL'S HALF ACRE (noun)
The noun HELL'S HALF ACRE has 1 sense:
1. a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
Familiarity information: HELL'S HALF ACRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hell's Half Acre; Hell's Kitchen
Instance hypernyms:
city district (a district of a town or city)
Holonyms ("Hell's Half Acre" is a part of...):
Manhattan (one of the five boroughs of New York City)
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