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Definition of Half-and-half
1. Adverb. In equal parts. "It was divided half-and-half"
2. Adjective. In equal parts. "A half-and-half mixture"
3. Noun. Half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat.
Definition of Half-and-half
1. Adjective. Alternative spelling of half and half ¹
2. Adverb. Alternative spelling of half and half ¹
3. Noun. Alternative spelling of half and half ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-and-half
Literary usage of Half-and-half
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... the stalwart fidelity of friendship, rare in these easy going, half-and-half,
non-committal days; such friendship as allowed no word of disparagement, ..."
2. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"half-and-half, a mixture of ale and porter, much affected by medical ... The term
of half-and-half is also applied to the issue of marriages between gipsies ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"HALF AND HALF. "Half and half between the parties," as used ln a declaration that
the capital stock of a corporation should be divided into a certain number ..."
4. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"This latter tree seldom failed to produce both kinds of fruit. He gives another
case of a half-and-half fruit. At Radford in Devonshire" a clingstone peach, ..."
5. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Special Juries, half-and-half. Power to any party, on either side, to cause to
be substituted to the common jury com- • The line of distinction being, ..."
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