Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting holes in plates (which are to be riveted together) which do not coincide or match, those of one plate being partly covered by the other plate.

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Examples

  • They've become a staring contest between half-blind fools.

    A Bear Hunt in Riga Josef K. Strosche 2011

  • Unless Americans see the images and narratives that shape how others see us, the US will not be able to overcome its reputation as the world's half-blind bully.

    Naomi Wolf: I Want My Al Jazeera Naomi Wolf 2011

  • Laugh at the deluded, half-blind political wannabe - then turn your backs.

    Laughter Is The Best Medicine Dungeekin 2009

  • Laugh at the deluded, half-blind political wannabe - then turn your backs.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • Brown warned the world that they have '50 days to save my career', and said that he faces a catastrophic future of tragic opinion polls, election defeats and global ignominy if world leaders don't come up with ways of convincing the world he isn't a bumbling, half-blind, gibbering loon with a grasp on reality that is tenuous at best.

    Brown: World has '50 Days to Save My Career' Dungeekin 2009

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown was recently awarded a Best Actor BAFTA for his portrayal of a half-blind, malformed scruffy, deluded fantasist who believes himself to be a world statesman - a performance described by the academy as 'on a par with Olivier's Richard III'.

    Mandelson Nominated for BAFTA Dungeekin 2009

  • I might be half-blind, but I can tell a good soul when I see one.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • If you rely just on data from land, you're half-blind.

    Scientists Misjudged Quake Potential Gautam Naik 2011

  • Brown warned the world that they have '50 days to save my career', and said that he faces a catastrophic future of tragic opinion polls, election defeats and global ignominy if world leaders don't come up with ways of convincing the world he isn't a bumbling, half-blind, gibbering loon with a grasp on reality that is tenuous at best.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown was recently awarded a Best Actor BAFTA for his portrayal of a half-blind, malformed scruffy, deluded fantasist who believes himself to be a world statesman - a performance described by the academy as 'on a par with Olivier's Richard III'.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009

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