(slang, historical) A drink of half ale, half porter, originally costing fourpence a quart.
(slang, historical) A drink of half ale, half porter, originally costing fourpence a quart.
At nine o'clock that night Darkey was still consuming four-half, and relating certain adventures by sea which, he averred, had happened to himself.
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(slang) mildly drunk, or nearly drunk.