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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A mourning costume less than deep or full mourning, worn somewhat later after the death..
"Very nice of Miss Hutchins to go into half-mourning, Parkinson," he remarked as they went along. "Thoughtful, and yet not ostentatious."
Use half-mourning when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Half-mourning means A mourning costume less than deep or full mourning, worn somewhat later after the death..
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"Very nice of Miss Hutchins to go into half-mourning, Parkinson," he remarked as they went along. "Thoughtful, and yet not ostentatious."
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