Definition of Half-pint

1. Noun. Disparaging terms for small people.

Exact synonyms: Peewee, Runt, Shrimp
Generic synonyms: Small Person
Derivative terms: Runty, Runty, Shrimpy

Definition of Half-pint

1. Noun. A unit of volume used for liquids equal to half of a pint. ¹

2. Noun. Half a pint of beer. ¹

3. Noun. (idiomatic) A small child. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-pint

half-measure
half-metal
half-metallic
half-monthly
half-moon
half-moons
half-naked
half-nephew
half-niece
half-noble
half-nobles
half-open
half-open interval
half-past
half-pay
half-pint (current term)
half-pints
half-pipe
half-pipes
half-price
half-ray
half-rays
half-reaction
half-reactions
half-relief
half-seas-over
half-shower
half-showers
half-sibling
half-siblings

Literary usage of Half-pint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... than one pint each and more than "m- half pint, four dollars per dozen; containing one half pint eaeh or less, two dollars per dozen; in bottles Win**. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"When he came out he pulled out of his pocket a half pint of whisky. ... They searched his person and found a half pint of "Kentucky Tavern" whisky In his ..."

3. Diet in health and disease by Julius Friedenwald (1913)
"Breakfast, 8 o'clock: Milk, one-half pint; bread, two ounces with butter. ... Milk or cocoa, with sugar, one-half pint; bread, two and one-half ounces with ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"The jury may infer that liquor is kept for purposes of unlawful sale, from its près- :!0 LRA(NS) the morning with a suit case in which is found 57 half-pint ..."

5. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"The half-pint drink is seldom of full measure, and the sum of this computation would yield only a fraction over three cents per glass. ..."

6. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1875)
"Class 3, males and females under fifteen— breakfast, 6 oz. oatmeal, and half pint new milk ; dinner, not less than 8 oz. brown bread, and 1 pint vegetable ..."

7. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1867)
"The classman had a can of milk in one hand, a half-pint measure in the other. The cook placed a half-pound piece of bread on each table, the classman poured ..."

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