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half-pie

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adjective

  1. Equivalent expression (in certain other countries): half-baked.  informal poorly planned or conceived

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Etymology

Origin of half-pie

from Māori pai good

Example Sentences

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The boy silently transferred the half-pie he had brought from its plate to the shovel.

From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean

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