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Half a surprise is British slang for a black eye.
Half ounce is London Cockney rhyming slang for slang for a beating (bounce). Half ounce is London Cockney rhyming slang for cheat (bounce).
Half iron is British slang for a bisexual man.
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.
the handle of an axe, half
Half ouncer is London Cockney rhyming slang for a doorman (bouncer).
Half is British slang for half of a pound sterling, ten shillings, fifty pence.
Half a dollar is London Cockney rhyming slang for a collar.
Half Track is slang for phencyclidine.
Half a gross is London Cockney rhyming slang for venereal disease (dose).
Half a stretch is criminal slang for six months imprisonment.
Half a nicker is London Cockney rhyming slang for vicar.
Half stamp is London Cockney rhyming slang for a tramp.
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.
Cow's calf is London Cockney rhyming slang for half, especially pence or a six−month prison sentence.
Half a crown was London Cockney rhyming slang for the colour brown.
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!".
Half pint is slang for a child or short adult.
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
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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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Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
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Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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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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Half-blooded.
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Half-demented; half-witted.
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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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Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
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One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
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Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
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Half-bred; imperfect.
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Half-blooded.
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Half the length of a sword; close fight.
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See Half deck, under Deck.
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The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
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To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
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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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