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- verb transitive, Cockney rhyming slang To
pinch , tosteal .
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Examples
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Alignment for me is probably as critical as you could ever talk about, whether it's half-inch, quarter-inch...those are words that people don't have much to deal with.
Mike Ragogna: Grammytech 1: A Conversation With Musical Director & Producer Phil Ramone Mike Ragogna 2012
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Cut the white root what we consider the daikon into half-inch slices.
Meg Wolff: Asian Superfoods Recipes: Daikon and Shitake Meg Wolff 2011
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If you insist on a platform, keep it to a half-inch or an inch.
Leora Tanenbaum: How to Wear High-Heeled Shoes and Walk at the Same Time Leora Tanenbaum 2011
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Alignment for me is probably as critical as you could ever talk about, whether it's half-inch, quarter-inch...those are words that people don't have much to deal with.
Mike Ragogna: Grammytech 1: A Conversation With Musical Director, Engineer & Producer Phil Ramone Mike Ragogna 2012
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Still, I write in manuscript format (or what I use for my manuscripts): Dark Courier, 12 pt, half-inch para indents, exactly 24 points (to save paper, 'natch), so I think it gets pretty close.
msagara: A quick question for writers msagara 2009
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All its designs offer three-inch heels and a hidden half-inch platform.
Leora Tanenbaum: How to Wear High-Heeled Shoes and Walk at the Same Time Leora Tanenbaum 2011
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A dusting to a half-inch still appears within reach over the next few hours, especially south and east of the District.
Light snow dusting region, slick roads in spots Ian Livingston 2011
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TEXTURE: A loose jelly with half-inch slivers of peel.
Citrus Comeback 2011
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South and east of the Beltway - in southern P.G., Anne Arundel, Calvert and Charles counties - it's been a rather thick dusting to as much as a half-inch in places.
Light snow dusting region, slick roads in spots Ian Livingston 2011
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'Storekeeper, weight out three fathoms of your best half-inch manila.
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