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Meanings of half-pint in English
Synonyms
Examples for "shrimp"
Examples for "shrimp"
1
The state is also the leading producer of shrimp, the report said.
2
Let the shrimp soak for 30 minutes, then drain and coarsely chop.
3
The parchment paper should detach from the shrimp purée; this is expected.
4
You start by marinating large shrimp in wine, garlic, and olive oil.
5
The market stocks 7 kinds of soy sauce, plum, & shrimp sauce.
1
For example, the canoe birch at its northern limit is a runt.
2
That little runt of a Martin Landis was hanging round her, too.
3
It isn't much compared to an angel, even one that's a runt.
4
They were surrounded by the wrenched shapes of runt banyans and cow-parsley.
5
Richard, the youngest of all, is the dark-haired runt of the litter.
1
A very large marble is a bumbo and a very small one a peewee.
2
Four times he drove the peewee farther than Charles did.
3
But by some accident of eye and timing he beat his brother at peewee.
4
When I was a kid, I was the only girl on the local peewee football team.
5
There is more good sportsmanship in this series than you'll find on a half-dozen peewee soccer fields.
Usage of half-pint in English
1
Mr Fogarty brought a gift with him, a half-pint of special whisky.
2
Pour it through a funnel into half-pint bottles, and cork them well.
3
Then chop a half-pint of oysters, and beat six eggs very well.
4
Chard took out the rum and filled a half-pint pannikin to the brim.
5
More pressingly is it acceptable to have a half-pint on a pub crawl.
6
While he was saying this, Beckwith had filled a half-pint glass with brandy.
7
I may take an odd half-pint now and then; but half-a-crown a week!
8
He took out a half-pint of Old Grand-Dad and drank, fast.
9
Poison, introduced through an innocuous, half-pint plastic bottle of apple juice.
10
I made a commitment to myself to buy only a half-pint and no more.
11
And most of them would sell their mothers for a penny or a half-pint.
12
The coffee machine had been reprogrammed to do half-pint espressos.
13
And wielding a sword this time, like some half-pint warrior.
14
To make raw starch, allow four even tablespoonfuls to a half-pint of cold water.
15
Four wine glasses will fill a half-pint or common tumbler, or a large coffee-cup.
16
None of your quiet half-pint inside the bar for him.
Frequent collocations
Half-pint through the time