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halflings
adverb
half·lings
\-nz, -ŋz\
Definition of halflings
Scottish
: half or approximately half : partially while Jennie halflings is afraid to speak — Robert Burns
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Origin and Etymology of halflings
Middle English halfling, halflings, from half + -ling, -lings
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