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half-bred

adj

Etymology

From half- + bred.

  1. inherited from bred — “board, plank, tablet, table”
  2. inherited from bred
  3. prefixed as half-bred — “half + bred”

Definitions

  1. not well-bred

    not well-bred; imperfectly trained or ill-acquainted to good manners.

    • He that is but Half a Philoſopher, is in danger of being an Atheiſt; an Half-Phyſician is apt to turn Empiric; an Half-Bred man is conceited in his Addreſs, and troubleſome in his Converſation.
    • "Set out eh whiskey. Jimmy, ye bum! Belly the bar, ye half bred scum!

  2. Half-blooded.

  3. half-breed (of mixed ethnicity)

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A half-blooded animal.

      • The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season.

    2. A half-breed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA