half-and-half

See also: half and half

English

Adjective

half-and-half (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of half and half

Adverb

half-and-half (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of half and half

Noun

half-and-half (countable and uncountable, plural half-and-halfs)

  1. Alternative spelling of half and half
    • 1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC, section I (The Pair of Gloves), page 577, column 2:
      Accordingly, we went to a public house, near the Theatre, sat ourselves down in a quiet room upstairs on the first floor, and called for a pint of half-and-half, a-piece, and a pipe. “Well, Sir, we put our pipes aboard, and we drank our half-and-half, and sat a talking, very sociably, […]
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