half-pieadj.

Brit. /hɑːfˈpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌpaɪ/, /hæfˈpaɪ/, New Zealand English

/hʌːfˈpɑe/

Forms: Also occas. half-pi.

Etymology: perhaps < Maori pai good.

N.Z. slang.

Halfway towards, imperfect, mediocre. Also absol. or as n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > middling or mediocre

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half-piec1926

c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 11 There's no half-pie about this kid.

1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 16 She would rather have a Maori who was a real man than a half-pie Pakeha who talked too much.

1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 78 A few straggling houses and a half-pie store.

1949 H. Wadman Life Sentence i. i. 8 New Zealanders who go home on scholarships and come back half-pi Englishmen.

1952 R. Finlayson Schooner came to Atia x. 58 Half-pie commie and the gospel-thumpers together!

1955 Landfall IX. 274 He hadn't been a real officer, only a half-pie one.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2016).

单词	half-pie
释义	half-pieadj. Brit. /hɑːfˈpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌpaɪ/, /hæfˈpaɪ/, New Zealand English /hʌːfˈpɑe/ Forms: Also occas. half-pi. Etymology: perhaps < Maori pai good. N.Z. slang. Halfway towards, imperfect, mediocre. Also absol. or as n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > middling or mediocre moderatea1398 half-piec1926 c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 11 There's no half-pie about this kid. 1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 16 She would rather have a Maori who was a real man than a half-pie Pakeha who talked too much. 1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 78 A few straggling houses and a half-pie store. 1949 H. Wadman Life Sentence i. i. 8 New Zealanders who go home on scholarships and come back half-pi Englishmen. 1952 R. Finlayson Schooner came to Atia x. 58 Half-pie commie and the gospel-thumpers together! 1955 Landfall IX. 274 He hadn't been a real officer, only a half-pie one. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2016). < adj.c1926
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