half-inch

verb

Definitions

  1. To pinch, to steal.

    • No cox'n will ever be hanged; he will always have "half-inched" the rope from the hangman first.
  2. Alternative form of half inch.

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