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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A prefix denoting ‘half.’
  • noun Same as demy, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See demy, n.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of demy.
  • noun slang a fifty pence piece.
  • noun A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, 1/2 the volume of a standard bottle; a split.

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