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Half a stretch is criminal slang for six months imprisonment.
Half a surprise is British slang for a black eye.
the handle of an axe, half
Half ounce is London Cockney rhyming slang for slang for a beating (bounce). Half ounce is London Cockney rhyming slang for cheat (bounce).
Half is British slang for half of a pound sterling, ten shillings, fifty pence.
Half a nicker is London Cockney rhyming slang for vicar.
A house brick, or a half housebrick (half-charlie) Generally used when brick was used as a weapon e.g. "He threw a half-charlie at me!".
Cow's calf is London Cockney rhyming slang for half, especially pence or a six−month prison sentence.
Half pint is slang for a child or short adult.
half, half a bar/half a sheet/half a nicker
ten shillings (10/-), from the 1900s, and to a lesser degree after decimalisation, fifty pence (50p), based on the earlier meanings of bar and sheet for a pound. Half is also used as a logical prefix for many slang words which mean a pound, to form a slang expresion for ten shillings and more recently fifty pence (50p), for example and most popularly, 'half a nicker', 'half a quid', etc. The use of the word 'half' alone to mean 50p seemingly never gaught on, unless anyone can confirm otherwise.
Half a dollar is London Cockney rhyming slang for a collar.
Half ouncer is London Cockney rhyming slang for a doorman (bouncer).
Half a crown was London Cockney rhyming slang for the colour brown.
Cow and calf is London Cockney rhyming slang for half. Cow and calf is London Cockney rhyming slang for laugh.
Centre half is British slang for a five playing card. Centre half is London Cockney rhyming slang for scarf.
Half stamp is London Cockney rhyming slang for a tramp.
Half (a pint). I could use a cow and calf. He reports that there's a pub in Grenoside (near Sheffield) called the Cow and Calf
Half Track is slang for phencyclidine.
Half iron is British slang for a bisexual man.
Half a gross is London Cockney rhyming slang for venereal disease (dose).
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One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
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Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
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Half-blooded.
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See Half deck, under Deck.
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Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
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Half-bred; imperfect.
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Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.
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Half the length of a sword; close fight.
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Half-blooded.
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The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
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One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
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Half-filled.
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In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
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Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
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Half-demented; half-witted.
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Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
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Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
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