Demy vs Semi - What's the difference?
demy | semi |
A printing paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches.
(colloquial) A demyship.
* 1781', '', '''1840 , Arthur Murphy (editor), ''The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. , Volume 2,
(UK, Australia, Canada) A semi-detached house.
* 2008 , Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property , Career FAQs, Australia,
* 2008 , Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain ,
A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
* 2011 , Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run , Allen & Unwin, Australia,
A semifinal.
(slang) A partial erection.
* 2010 , Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
As nouns the difference between demy and semi
is that demy is a printing paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches while semi is (uk|australia|canada) a semi-detached house.demy
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Derived terms
* double demy * music demy * quad demysemi
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(wikipedia semi)Noun
(en noun)page 40,
- I?m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
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- The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.
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- All night we couldn?t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
- The twink got a semi just from that look.