Heller (Noun)
Meaning 1
A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic.
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 3
100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The tourist struggled to understand the exchange rate, realizing too late that 100 hellers equaled only one koruna in Slovakia.
- The old man rummaged through his pocket, searching for a few hellers to buy a newspaper.
- After the fall of communism, the Slovak koruna was introduced, with 100 hellers making up one unit of the new currency.
- The young boy eagerly counted his hellers, hoping to have enough to buy a treat from the street vendor.
- In the early 1990s, the Czechoslovak koruna was still in use, with hellers being the smaller denomination of the currency.
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Meaning 4
United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999).
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Nouns denoting people.