What does half-and-half mean?
Half-and-half means Alternative spelling of half and half..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative spelling of half and half..
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, […]
I had some really nice customers—there was a couple who bought only a pint of half-and-half once a week for their coffee—and I had some deadbeats, the kind of people who knew that if they ever paid their bill in full you’d drop them.
Use half-and-half when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Half-and-half means Alternative spelling of half and half..
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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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