单词 | half-portion |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-portion half-portion n. a half of a portion; fig. a small or insignificant person. ΚΠ 1907 F. H. Burnett Shuttle xxxviii. 379 Adroit manipulation of ‘portions’ and ‘half portions’..enabled them to add variety to their bill of fare. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. v. 66 He certainly is a kind o' half-portion, ma'am. 1967 P. G. Wodehouse Company for Henry vii. 130 Even when calling her a squirt and a half-portion he had thought of her as a comely squirt and a half-portion with plenty of sex appeal. 1967 L. Deighton Expensive Place ii. 14 [He] did not like orders for..charcuterie as a main dish or half-portions of anything. < as lemmas |
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