"halfie" meaning in All languages combined

See halfie on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: halfies [plural]
Etymology: half + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|half|ie}} half + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} halfie (plural halfies)
  1. (informal) A person of mixed-race ancestry. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-halfie-en-noun-DOejNmtQ Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 86 14
  2. (slang, cigarettes) A half-smoked cigarette. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-halfie-en-noun-Te97xGnr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hafu, haafu

Inflected forms

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