10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-PIE»
Discover the use of
half-pie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
half-pie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
At the Half-pie Café, the waiter brings only half of Harry's lunch. Harry uses maths to teach the waiter a lesson that the customer is always right.
Alan Trussell-Cullen, 2003
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The
Pie and Pastry Bible
A two-crust half pie requires 11 ounces/312 grams of dough (6 ounces/170
grams for the bottom and 5 ounces/ 142 grams for the top). Roll the bottom crust
to 10 inches in diameter and the top dough to 8V2 inches in diameter, or 9 inches
if the ...
Rose Levy Beranbaum, 2009
3
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Franklyn, Rhyming. half-pie. Insincere; little respected; (rather contemptible): Aus.
and NZ: C.20. Cf. pie on, q.v.—2. Hence, worthless: Aus.: since ca. 1925. (B.,
1959.) McNeil, 1973, glosses half-pie(d)as 'half-baked, dilettante ' . half-pie farm.
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Chambers concise dictionary
2 imperfect; mediocre • a half-pie officer. [1920s: from Maori pai good] half-pint >
n, slanga small or nondescript person, half-pipe > n a U-shaped structure made
of concrete or hard snow used by skateboarders or snowboarders in performing ...
5
The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
... an obscure form of rhyming slang – the rhyme for half-hitch being snitch (steal),
or possibly a play on another stealing-word, pinch, and its rhyme, half-inch, which
developed into half-hitch. half-pie Not commendably good or properly done.
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The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy, 1363-1477
The smaller size is noted in 1436: Two hundred copper alloy coulovrines about a
half pie long and are to be mounted two on a stock.49 However most were
somewhat longer. In 1444: Three iron coulevrines each of three piez and three
doiz ...
Robert Douglas Smith, Kelly DeVries, 2005
7
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
A barely disguised half-pie shot at Joe— ciive Galea. Slipper, p. 114. 1988 half-
pie adverb not fully AUSTRALIA • I reckon they'd half-pie know who it iStOO.—
Robert G.Barrett Dovo'slmVe Something p. 238, 1992 • I got half-pie interested
then ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Power, Freedom, and Voting
The other person will take it, because if he refuses, he has a half a chance of
getting 1⁄4 of the half pie if he is not chosen as a proposer on the next round and
half a chance of getting 3⁄4 of the half pie, which adds up to 1⁄4 of the pie. It is
much ...
Matthew Braham, Frank Steffen, 2008
9
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
Rhyming slang UK, 1992 half-pick duck noun an incomplete account TRINIDAD
AND TOBAGO, 1975 half-pie adjective half-hearted AUSTRALIA, 1941 half-pie
adverb not fully AUSTRALIA, 1992 half piece noun 14g (1⁄2 oz) ofa powdered ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
[Rhyming slang for 'pinch'.] half-pie adjective NZ Halfway towards, imperfect,
mediocre. c.1926–. LANDFALL He hadn't been a real officer, only a half-pie one (
1955). [Perh. from Maori pai good.] half-shot adjective orig US Fairly drunk. 1838
–.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-PIE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
half-pie is used in the context of the following news items.
Good to meet you … Chris Brausch
The paper is tattered and starting to go mouldy, so it ends its life as a half-pie firelighter and helps to ensure my socks and undies are dry for the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Cost to relocate museum to CBD an 'outrageous over-estimation …
... Maher said many landlords would probably consider selling. "If someone offers you a half-pie reasonable price you'd be silly not to accept it.". «The Southland Times, Jun 15»
Nerida Cortese's return bout
He knows I don't go into anything half-pie so he knows I'm going to do this to the best of my ability. But I make sure I can either drop off the kids ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
GNOME-Pie 0.6 Application Launcher Released with Many New …
... themes have been updated as well, and a brand-new theme was introduced, called Simple and designed for the new half-pie layout. "A new ... «Softpedia News, Apr 15»
Shabby hotel 'cesspit for squatters'
... and the community have been seeking was for CP Group to take a bit of corporate responsibility and make their site look half-pie respectable, ... «The Press, Mar 15»
More than just a cottage industry
Laconically describing them as being ''half-pie organised'', they took a ''whole herd'' approach to farming and had very simple systems. ''We're ... «Otago Daily Times, Dec 14»
Toast of the Coast
"I was sitting in the bath with a glass of wine, kind of pondering it, half-pie patting meself on the back . . . I was going to get good money for my ... «Stuff.co.nz, Dec 14»
Jackson's fantasy world inspires cake artists
When Karin Klenner decided to bake a cake in tribute to filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson, she was determined not to do a half-pie job. The Hamilton ... «Waikato Times, Dec 14»
Shops extend hours as holiday nears
Unless all the retailers took part you ended up with "something that's a half-pie event," Ms Mattson told the Bay of Plenty Times Weekend. «New Zealand Herald, Dec 14»
Waikato's river of dreams
Andrew King - half-pie supporter: I think putting in walking bridges is an unaffordable luxury for a population of 150,000 people. Angela O'Leary ... «Waikato Times, Nov 14»
