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  • noun nonstandard Plural form of half (alternative spelling of halves).

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Examples

  • I didn't know nurse had any sovereigns – I thought only Floss had – and I never saw any broken in halfs!

    "Carrots": Just a Little Boy 1882

  • They know that Japanese children refer to their biracial peers as "halfs," and nowadays, they know of the local American-Asian school, for biracial children, where those kids are taught to call themselves "doubles."

    In Japan but surrounded by U.S. influence, Okinawa struggles with split identity 2010

  • Snyder, who married a non-Jew and now has two children, writes that she and other "halfs""all had accidental and haphazard beginnings, because our parents had no road maps."

    Conflicting Maps: Growing Up In An Interfaith Family The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Snyder, who married a non-Jew and now has two children, writes that she and other "halfs""all had accidental and haphazard beginnings, because our parents had no road maps."

    Conflicting Maps: Growing Up In An Interfaith Family The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Snyder, who married a non-Jew and now has two children, writes that she and other "halfs""all had accidental and haphazard beginnings, because our parents had no road maps."

    Conflicting Maps: Growing Up In An Interfaith Family Josh Fleet 2010

  • They know that Japanese children refer to their biracial peers as "halfs," and nowadays, they know of the local American-Asian school, for biracial children, where those kids are taught to call themselves "doubles."

    In Japan but surrounded by U.S. influence, Okinawa struggles with split identity 2010

  • I personally belive that Plaid will never make a major breakthrough unless it splits in two, with the two 'halfs' being able to grow in different directions.

    When is a political strategy a lie Glyn Davies 2007

  • A half weighs eighty kilos, or 176 pounds, net -- although a few exporters ship "halfs" of 160 pounds.

    All About Coffee 1909

  • Football is played in two halfs of 45 minutes each running time, with no commercial interruption, but if there are injuries or other untoward delays, the referee keeps track of the time the ball is not in play for these reasons and adds it to the end of matches.

    Michael Conniff: Idiot's Guide to The World Cup 2010

  • They were, you know, this kind of ancient Thom McAn shoebox, and I noted idly, as I put them on my dining room table, that they were nine and a halfs, which meant they wouldve fit me.

    A Shoe Box Filled With Baseball Cards 2010

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