Half-inch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Half-inch is a verb meaning (transitive, Cockney rhyming slang) To pinch, to steal.
Meaning
(transitive, Cockney rhyming slang) To pinch, to steal.
Example Sentences
No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first.
Word Forms
- half-inches
- half-inching
- half-inched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pinch, pincht, pinch hits, pinprick, penny-pinch, penny.
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