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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Half-and-half

Half-and-half \Half`-and-half"\, n. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
--Dickens.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
half-and-half

1756 as "ale and porter;" as a mixture of milk and cream, by 1946.

Wiktionary
half-and-half

a. (alternative spelling of half and half English) adv. (alternative spelling of half and half English) n. (alternative spelling of half and half English)

WordNet
half-and-half

adj. in equal parts; "a half-and-half mixture"

half-and-half

  1. n. half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat

  2. adv. in equal parts; "it was divided half-and-half"

Usage examples of "half-and-half".

Even the less flamboyant Fools courted danger: The half-and-half extremists seemed almost to glory in it.

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