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half-inches

half-inches is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-inches

What is half-inches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Half-inches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of half-inch.

Words near half-inches in the dictionary

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

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