What does half-blood mean?
Half-blood means Related by sharing descent from one parent..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Related by sharing descent from one parent..
It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money.
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Half-blood means Related by sharing descent from one parent..
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It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money.
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