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Antonyms for half-pint

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : haf pahynt, hahf for 1; haf pahynt, hahf for 2, 3

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæf ˈpaɪnt, ˈhɑf for 1; ˈhæf ˌpaɪnt, ˈhɑf for 2, 3

Definition of half-pint

As in puny : adj small, insignificant
As in stunted : adj kept from growing
As in lad : noun young man
As in runt : noun very small person
As in boy : noun young man

Example sentences :

Then chop a half-pint of oysters, and beat six eggs very well.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Pour it through a funnel into half-pint bottles, and cork them well.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Strain the stock and boil it with a half-pint more to a strong glaze.
Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison

Chard took out the rum and filled a half-pint pannikin to the brim.
Extract from : « Tessa » by Louis Becke

"Half-pint size," said Cyrus Thurston, and laughed in derision.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 » by Various

Mr. Fogarty brought a gift with him, a half-pint of special whisky.
Extract from : « Dubliners » by James Joyce

I drank my half-pint very slowly, and pretended it was a pint.
Extract from : « The Peril Finders » by George Manville Fenn

Our efforts to get a decent bath with about a half-pint of water were most amusing.
Extract from : « Fighting the Boche Underground » by Harry Davis Trounce

With what chemicals I've got left, couldn't I work up a half-pint?
Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by George Allan England

But we had a half-pint of molasses (for seven) which cost 75 cts.
Extract from : « A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital » by John Beauchamp Jones

Synonyms for half-pint

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