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plural semis
(UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house. quotations examples
I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40
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.
2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52
The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory.
2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, page 150
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic. quotations examples
I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill / When the lights of a big semi topped the hill
1967, Tommy Faile (lyrics and music), “Phantom 309”, performed by Red Sovine
All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Australia: Allen & Unwin, unnumbered page
(informal) A semifinal. examples
(slang) A partial erection of the penis. quotations
The twink got a semi just from that look.
2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys, page 158