half size

noun

any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.

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It's half-size, and there's a seven-inch cut just out of baulk where Clarence's cue slipped.
My Man Jeeves|P. G. Wodehouse
Figs. 52 and 53 illustrate small or half-size blankets made for children's wear.
Navajo weavers|Washington Matthews
Draw, half-size, the views shown in fig. 73, and from the left-hand view project a plan.
An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design|David Allan Low
The protection armor was twice too large, and very cumbersome for such a slight figure; but such garments never come in half-size.
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He wrote very slowly on half-size yellow pads, worth seventy-five cents a dozen, using the books only for reference.
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British Dictionary definitions for half-size

half-size

noun

any size, esp in clothing, that is halfway between two sizes

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