Couple
Couple noun - Two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together.
Usage example: a couple of socks
Half
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Some Les Yay in Lonely Werewolf Girl, Thrix and Malveria spend half the book acting like an old married couple, and the other half full of Belligerent Sexual Tension.
Source: Ho Yay / Literature -
Don and Peggy spend one half of "The Suitcase" acting like an old married couple.
Source: Series / Mad Men -
If the female half of this couple needs to go in disguise, she is a Sweet Polly Oliver.
Source: Battle Couple
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