Definitions
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- adverb idiomatic With very few
clothes on; revealing lots of one'sbody . - adjective With very few clothes on.
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Examples
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A visitor to the neighborhood called it “an area of gin, cheap wine, and dope,” with “half-naked children,” “old, dark, fat men and women sleeping on their stoops,” and “the odor of garlic and rotten fruit everywhere.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The Beatles replied in 1968 with their own pop hit “Back in the USSR,” impishly reminding audiences that sexy girls could also be found in enemy territory, and that snuggling up in the Soviet snow may be just as delightful as frolicking half-naked in the Orange County surf.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The Beatles replied in 1968 with their own pop hit “Back in the USSR,” impishly reminding audiences that sexy girls could also be found in enemy territory, and that snuggling up in the Soviet snow may be just as delightful as frolicking half-naked in the Orange County surf.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The creators of that music were descendants of slaves like Joe “King” Oliver, Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton, and Louis Armstrong, and men who had been the half-naked children of the old, dark, fat Sicilians of Little Palermo.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Despite saying there's no mandate for him to be half-naked in every episode, the Irish actor takes his nudity seriously... sort of.
8 Scoops About Glee, The Good Wife, Vampire Diaries and More from the Emmys Red Carpet 2011
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We mostly whine and huddle in dark stone houses half-naked in front of a fan.
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We mostly whine and huddle in dark stone houses half-naked in front of a fan.
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We mostly whine and huddle in dark stone houses half-naked in front of a fan.
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So with this in mind, I downloaded a few well-known photos of Ghandi riding in a Hummer with half-naked groupies and pasted them on my Wall of Inspiration.
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I remember him saying, way back when they were filming Twilight, that his favorite line by his character in the series was “So, does my being half-naked bother you?” from Eclipse.
Twilight Lexicon » So What is Their Favorite Twilight Book 2010
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