What does half-inch mean?

half-inch

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

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verb

Slang; Transitive verb

noun

"No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first."

half-inches (present, singular) half-inching (participle, present) half-inched (participle, past) half-inched (past) half-inches (plural)

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