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Definition of Halfling
1. Noun. (fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit. ¹
2. Noun. (fantasy) A fictional humanoid born of a human parent and a parent of another race in fantasy fiction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halfling
1. a half-grown person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfling
Literary usage of Halfling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets by George Gilfillan (1860)
"... and girt she was a lite 5 Thus halfling 6 loose for haste; to such delight It
was to see her youth in ... 6 'halfling:' half.—' 'Cunning:' knowledge. ..."
2. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse (1896)
"... 3, 97 Songer в 2294 Marcelle, 5, 90 Smith» 2301 Dan Gordon, 4. 92 Holman 7
Betting: evens halfling; ..."
3. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"Not a shekel, not a silver penny, not a halfling, — so help me the God of Abraham !"
said the Jew, clasping his hands. "I go but to seek the assistance of ..."
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