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Half and half
Half and half refers to various beverages or liquid foods made of an equal-parts mixture of two substances, including dairy products, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks. The United States dairy product known as half and half is a mixture of one part milk to one part cream.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Half and half
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half and half
Noun
- Half one thing and half another.
- A mixture of cream and milk often used in coffee, defined by the US Food and Drug Administration to contain between 10.5% and 18% milk fat.
- A mixture of two alcoholic beverages, most frequently those brewed from malt, such as porter and ale or mild and bitter beers, in about equal parts; also used for equal parts of an alcoholic beverage and water.
- A person of mixed race or with dual nationality.
- A combination of both rice and chips as an accompaniment to a curry, as opposed to one or the other.
- A combination of beer and ale (or similar alcoholic drinks) in equal quantities.
- Accordingly, we went to a public-house, near the Theatre, sat ourselves down in a quiet room up-stairs on the first floor, and called for a pint of half-and-half, a-piece, and a pipe. — Dickens.
Adjective
- In equal parts; half
Adverb
- In two equal parts.
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