half inch

verb, noun — 2 senses

half-inch

verbalso spelled half-inch

Cockney, Slang To pinch, to steal.

No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first.1942 December 9, “Rope”, in Punch, page 501:

noun

A length of half of an inch.

The average woman in the early 1960s was 5ft 3in and 140lb. Now, women are a half-inch taller and about 30lb heavier, on average.2018 December 20, “Americans are getting fatter but not taller, study finds”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2022:

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