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half-pint
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half rhyme
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half shell
half shell (plural half shells)


noun 
Definition:
 
half of clam or oyster shell: one half of the shell of a bivalve mollusk, often served containing the soft edible part of the animal, eaten raw as an appetizer
Do you like oysters on the half shell?
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