Aw, taint nobody skeered uh you half-pint Baptists.    From Wordnik.com.  [De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts] Reference

We finished lunch with cheese and another half-pint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forfeit]

"Why, Josh was just a half-pint," Gus said frequently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lonesome Dove]

Lift out the cauliflower, lay aside one half-pint of tufts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs] Reference

She drew a half-pint and pointedly left Ernie alone with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death of a Fool]

He almost entered the Café de la Poste to drink a half-pint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret Afraid]

A 285 ml measurement of beer, or a little more than a half-pint.    From Wordnik.com.  [City Walk: Sydney] Reference

An Atari set was stomped, and a half-pint of bourbon was smashed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]

She shoved her half-pint toward him, former earl, present lackey.    From Wordnik.com.  [the deer leap]

He also put Jury's pint and a half-pint of Guinness on the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [the dirty duck]

In South Australia, it's 285 ml, or a little more than a half-pint.    From Wordnik.com.  [City Walk: Sydney] Reference

Mr. Fogarty brought a gift with him, a half-pint of special whisky.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dubliners] Reference

While he was saying this, Beckwith had filled a half-pint glass with brandy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hunted Down] Reference

Make this same soup, and pour it over a half-pint of thick cream, well whipped.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl] Reference

I drank a half-pint while Luke-John asked me what I planned to write for Sunday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forfeit]

Then she reached into her shopping bag and took out a half-pint bottle of Wild Turkey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]

But the appearance of a frothing half-pint did not bring the peace of mind he expected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maigret Stonewalled]

The regular rule is half-pint ice water to the pound of flour, using chilled shortening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference

He extracted an empty flat half-pint bottle from a jacket in the coat and sniffed at it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tied Up in Tinsel]

And she was wearing the rose-pink dress that always had Papa calling her his pretty half-pint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unlikely Duchess]

On July 22, 1972, Mr. Callahan guzzled a half-pint of tequila to cure the shakes from a hangover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Acerbic and irreverent cartoonist John Callahan dies at 59] Reference

Miss Hervey came up again, and demanded an half-pint ink-bottle which they had seen in my closet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference

Stir the gelatine and a full half-pint of grated cocoanut with the cocoanut milk into the custard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choice Cookery] Reference

Derry bought us a half-pint each and politely asked Bert to have one, though he'd never liked him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forfeit]

He dined alone, sitting by no means in bliss with his half-pint of sherry on the table before him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Small House at Allington] Reference

Milk of this kind should, of course, be diluted, a half-pint can requiring 2 to 3 cupfuls of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference

In the spring, take out the plug, pour into the hole a half-pint of crude petroleum and set it on fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference

Lay these around in a shallow dish and pour over them a half-pint of milk in which one egg has been thoroughly beaten.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs] Reference

A half-pint measuring cup and a quart measure with the cups marked on it are very satisfactory for making all measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference

Prepare enough mushrooms to measure one half-pint when chopped, and enough of raw ham to fill a tablespoon heaping full.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs] Reference

Take a quart of milk; heat one third and scald with it a half-pint of flour; if skimmed milk, use a small piece of butter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference

He and my collector had been cronies until his dreadful secret was surprised, and had shared many a friendly half-pint together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference

The vanilla should be of the finest quality, and had better be bought by the ounce or half-pint from the druggist than from the grocer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choice Cookery] Reference