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half-and-half, phr.
1. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. of ale and porter.
1756Gentl. Mag. 299 They had at that house 5 or 6 pints of half and half. a1839Praed Poems (1864) II. 14 And, o'er a pint of half-and-half, Compose poor Arthur's epitaph. 1880Disraeli Endym. xx, Our tipple is half-and-half.
2. a. Something that is half one thing and half another, or half this and half that.
c1814Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1874) 264 That finer shade of feeling, the half-and-half. 1840Hood Kilmansegg, Her Precious Leg xiii. All sterling metal,—not half-and-half. 1890Review of Reviews II. 357/1 It is not all humbug. Agreed, agreed! It is probably a case of half-and-half.
b. A half-breed or half-caste.
1827J. F. Cooper Prairie iii. 58 The half-and-halfs, that one meets in these distant districts, are altogether more barbarous than the real savage. 1922Joyce Ulysses 315 Pity about her... Or any other woman marries a half and half.
3. attrib. or adj. That is half one thing and half another; half the thing in question, and half not: often merely an emphatic expression for half.
half-and-half jury: a jury chosen half from one class, half from another.
1796Burney Mem. Metastatio I. 118 A half-and-half pleasantry, peculiar to our author. 1810Bentham Packing (1821) 221 A half and half jury. 1846J. W. Croker in Croker P. 6 Jan., What is to become of your half-and-half administration? 1870Thornbury Tour Eng. II. xxiv. 163 Cromwell..hated all half-and-half measures. 1894Westm. Gaz. 23 July 4/3 Trimmers and half-and-half people.
4. as adv. In two equal parts; in equal proportions; half{ddd}and half not.
1818Moore Mem. (1853) II. 136, I go half and half with the Longmans. 1827Scott Diary 22 July in Lockhart, Am I sorry for this truce or not? Half and half. 1837Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes I. 59 The cup That half-and-half so cunningly was mixed.
5. In a half-intoxicated state.
1715Ramsay Christis Kirke Gr. ii. viii, The manly miller, half and half, Came out to shaw guid will. 1848Duncombe Sinks of Lond. (Fa.), Half and half, half seas over, tipsy.
Hence half-and-ˈhalfed |-hɑːft|, pa. pple.; half-and-ˈhalfer; half-and-ˈhalfism.
1832Examiner 503/2 Toryism is hateful, but he more hated half and half-ism. 1861Times 16 Oct., High bushy hedge-rows—thorn half-and-halfed with ash and other hedge-row trees. 1896Daily News 21 Feb. 6/6 You are not an out-and-out Liberal?..a half and halfer?
▸ N. Amer. A mixture of milk and cream, often used in coffee.
1890Olean (N.Y.) Weekly Democrat 15 May 7/4 Half-and-half, a mixture of cream and milk, is often called for, and occasionally a dish of pure cream. 1915Washington Post 4 May 4 (advt.) A hot weather luncheon—Bowl of ‘half-and-half’—half cream, half milk—a pinch of salt, and Uneeda Biscuit. 1954N.Y. Times 13 July 25/2 In recent years dairy companies have been marketing ‘half and half’ in Chicago and other parts of the country. 1981Bon Appétit Nov. 23/3 (advt.) How to make a Sabra Egg Cream, 2 oz. Sabra Liqueur. 2 oz. half-and-half. Pour over ice. 2002Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 23 June h1 Wouldn't you rather have half-and-half in your coffee than skim milk? |