half birthday
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half birthday (plural half birthdays)
- The day halfway in between two consecutive birthdays.
- 2003, Meg Cox, The Book of New Family Traditions, page 263:
- You can sing "Happy Half Birthday to You!" or you could try only singing every other word.
- 2004, Ginnie Mesibov, Outer Strength, Inner Strength, page 39:
- The fete was Mary Beth's half-birthday.
- 2009, Philip Done, Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood:
- “Your halfbirthday?” I pointed to the plate.
- 2009, Bill Glazer, Dan Kennedy, Outrageous Advertising That's Outrageously Successful, page 257:
- After all, a half-birthday celebration for an adult is OUTRAGEOUS in itself.
- 2003, Meg Cox, The Book of New Family Traditions, page 263: