half story
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of half story
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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"You can't give them a half story – because they know the full story. It's got to match up with what they already believe to some degree."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2022
It consisted of but five rooms on the ground floor and a half story above; and here for some years they resided.
From The Home Life of Poe by Weiss, Susan Archer
Colonel and Mrs. Peake added a half story to the two wings and increased the length of the ell.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague
The half story, eighty-five by eighty-five feet square, over the main building, was used for drying clothes and as a store room.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.
Two and a half story houses, Mansarded, looked grand; and the East Square people thought nothing slight of themselves, though the "old places" and the real Z—— families were all over on West Hill.
From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
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