Half-inch

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of half inch. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To pinch, to steal. Cockney, slang, transitive

    "No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first."

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filchflogheavekipeknock offmooch

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"No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first."

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