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  • noun Plural form of half-brother.

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Examples

  • Obviously, he didn't get the fancy education his two half-brothers did.

    The George Washington You Didn't Know 2010

  • But these two sons had the chance to go to some proper English schools, his half-brothers.

    The George Washington You Didn't Know 2010

  • His big out-of-school interest is cheerleading – while Daniel, whose older half-brothers Shane and Luke are both acrobats, loves tumbling.

    Black and white twins 2011

  • Don't forget Piggy Bank's family, the half-brothers and half-sisters and a menagerie of friends.

    This is Mardi Gras Murray Dunlap 2011

  • It's about seemingly doomed white-trash half-brothers from a forlorn old mill town who are determined to conquer the world.

    Why 'King's Speech' Leaves Me Stuttering Joe Queenan 2011

  • Swapping his customary black leather garb for jeans and a lumberjack shirt he plays the lead in Tennessee Williams' "Kingdom of Earth," a psychological drama about two warring half-brothers in rural Mississippi in the 1960s.

    The Formidable Nouveautés of Fall Lennox Morrison 2011

  • They were half-brothers, only they did not know it.

    The Famine 2010

  • It's strange how his royal competitors—half-brothers Ælfweard and Edwin, brother-in-law Sihtric—came to abrupt, unexplained ends.

    England in the Age of Vikings 2011

  • With her half-brothers and sisters at her mercy, Synergy entertains herself torturing them, while the not-so-very-good Father G makes with the exposition.

    Review: Dynamo 5 #25 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Survivors include a son from an early relationship, Gordon Adler of Vienna; a brother; two half-brothers; two half-sisters; and two grandchildren.

    Anne Conant, executive secretary 2011

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