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half-inch

[ haf-inch, hahf- ]

noun

  1. a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters).


half-inch

noun

  1. a measure of length approximately equivalent to 13 millimetres
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slang.
    to steal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of half-inch1

First recorded in 1810–20
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of half-inch1

sense 2: from rhyming slang for pinch to steal
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Example Sentences

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Totals will be modest, topping out at a half-inch.

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We were working with open reel, half-inch black and white video tape and in the first year no editing facility at all.

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Mudslides and debris flows were a concern during the region’s first major winter storm last weekend, which dropped a half-inch to 1½ inches of rain across L.A.

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“If these hydrants were all over the place, people aren’t going to be using stupid garden hoses — they’re going to be getting out there with a one-and-a half-inch attack line and going to town out of a high-pressure little baby hydrant,” he said.

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A half-inch of rain or less is expected across most of the county, but precipitation totals could be up to 1.5 inches in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains.

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