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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| halfway house | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a place to rest midway on a journey |
| 2. | the halfway point in any progression |
| 3. | a centre or hostel designed to facilitate the readjustment to private life of released prisoners, mental patients, etc |
| 4. | (Brit) a compromise: a halfway house between fixed and floating exchange rates |
halfway house half·way house (hāf'wā')
n.
A rehabilitation facility for individuals, such as mental patients or substance abusers, who no longer require the complete facilities of a hospital or other institution but who are not yet prepared to return to their communities.