half-pint vs shrimp

half-pint

noun
  • A small or short person. 

  • A unit of volume used for liquids equal to half of a pint. 

  • A small child. 

  • Half a pint of beer or other drink. 

shrimp

noun
  • A small, puny or unimportant person. 

  • The flesh of such crustaceans. 

  • Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen. 

  • Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face. 

verb
  • To fish for shrimp. 

  • To contract; to shrink. 

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