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English
Etymology
From half + -sies; compare backsies, swapsies, keepsies.
Pronunciation
Noun
halfsies (uncountable)
- (childish) The condition of splitting something in half in order to share it.
- Hypernym: splitsies
2008 May 28, Maureen Dowd, “Can He Take a Frisk?”, in New York Times:Since she’s almost even with the delegates, she’ll want to go halfsies in the government.
- plural of halfsie
Translations
childish: condition of splitting in half