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half-inched

half-inched is the simple past and past participle of half-inch.

Meaning of half-inch

Verb

half-inch (third-person singular simple present half-inches, present participle half-inching, simple past and past participle half-inched)

  1. (Cockney, slang, transitive) To pinch, to steal.
    • No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first.1942 December 9, “Rope”, in Punch, page 501

Questions about half-inched

What is half-inched the simple past and past participle of?
Half-inched is the simple past and past participle of half-inch.

Words near half-inched in the dictionary

  1. half-humans
  2. half-hunter
  3. half-hunters
  4. half-identical
  5. half-inch
  6. half-inched
  7. half-inches
  8. half-inching
  9. half-integer
  10. half-integers
  11. half-integral

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