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halfie noun a half-caste person AUSTRALIA, 1945- But when he suggested that unmarried mothers of “halfies” should have the same rights to a maintenance allowance from the presumed father as their white-skinned sisters in a similar predicament, they dug in their heels. — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 92, 1962
- The half-caste is a halfie or yeller-feller. — Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, p. 324, 1966
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