half-mourning

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English

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Noun

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half-mourning (uncountable)

  1. A mourning costume less than deep or full mourning, worn somewhat later after the death.
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete, humorous) The condition of having one black eye.

References

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  • (black eye): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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