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half-inch en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of half inch.
   alt of half inch

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
half-inches	Number=Plur		lexicographic

half-inch en · VERB

Meanings

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:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
half-inching	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
half-inches	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
half-inched	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
half-inched	Tense=Past		lexicographic