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  • 21Half Price Books — Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated is the largest family owned chain of new and used bookstores in the United States. The company’s original motto, we buy and sell anything printed or recorded except yesterday s newspaper remains… …

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  • 22Pint — The pint is an English unit of volume or capacity in the imperial system and United States customary units. The imperial version is 20 imperial fluid ounces and is equivalent to 568 mL, while the U.S. version is 16 U.S. fluid ounces and is… …

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  • 23half — n., adj., & adv. n. (pl. halves) 1 either of two equal or corresponding parts or groups into which a thing is or might be divided. 2 colloq. = half back. 3 colloq. half a pint, esp. of beer etc. 4 either of two equal periods of play in sports. 5… …

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  • 24half —    1. a quantity of beer    Shortened form of half a pint:     Pints were for men... only boys drank halves. (Sharpe, 1975)    In obsolete use, to half pint was to drink beer:     Two miners were half pinting in the public house. (R. Hunt, 1865)… …

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  • 25Pint glass — Conical pint glass A pint glass is a drinking vessel made to hold either a British ( imperial ) pint of 20 imperial fluid ounces (568 mL) or an American pint of 16 U.S. fluid ounces (470 mL). These glasses are used predominantly to… …

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  • 26pint — noun /paɪnt/ a) A unit of volume, equivalent to ⅛ of a gallon or Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman b) A pint of milk. Finn: You must have a terrible thirst on you tonight. Ive never seen a man drink two pints at the same time. See Also:… …

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  • 27half — /haf, hahf/, n., pl. halves /havz, hahvz/, adj., adv. n. 1. one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder. 2. a quantity or… …

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  • 28half — /haf / (say hahf) noun (plural halves /havz / (say hahvz)) 1. one of the two equal (or approximately equal) parts into which anything is or may be divided. 2. Sport either of the two periods of a game. 3. Rugby Football a. → halfback …

  • 29half —  1. Half pint.  2. not half Very much.    ♣ He wasn t half mad. He was very angry …

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  • 30pint sized — Synonyms and related words: cramped, dinky, exiguous, half pint, knee high, limited, little, one horse, petite, piddling, pindling, poky, puny, short, slight, small, smallish, two by four …

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