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Definition of Halflings
1. halfling [n] - See also: halfling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halflings
Literary usage of Halflings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italy and the Italians by Friedrich von Raumer (1840)
"Tuscany—Leopold's Legislation—Agriculture—halflings. Florence, June 8th. THE house
of Austria is in general represented as having an inordinate inclination ..."
2. On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel (1897)
"A sweeper woman, he said, bought ' halflings ' for an Afghan's bibi. As if an
Afghani would use three halflings in one day! ..."
3. Ancient Meols: Or, Some Account of the Antiquities Found Near Dove Point, on by Abraham Hume (1863)
"For instance, the corns of these kings, catalogued below, comprise more halflings
than whole pieces, mingled with numerous ..."
4. British Farmer's Magazine (1840)
"The cause of the halflings succeeding the Leicester, I considered, was owing to
their age. They are a profitable hardy kind of sheep, and ought to be bred ..."
5. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"... As I suppose; and girt she was alite, Thus halflings loose for haste, to such
delight It was to see her youth in ..."
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