Halfpenny

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A British coin worth one half of a new penny.
  • noun. A British coin worth one half of an old penny, no longer in circulation.
  • noun. The sum of one half of a penny.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A coin of the value of half a penny, current in the British islands; the value of such coin.
  • noun. A small fragment.
  • Of the price or value of half a penny; hence, cheap; mean; worthless.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An English coin of the value of half a penny, no longer minted; also, the value of half a penny.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
  • noun. An quantity of money worth half a penny.
  • adjective. Costing or worth one halfpenny.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an English coin worth half a penny
    • Word Usage
    "Ah! God help you, how many bristly beards must I have mowed before I earned four shillings and threepence-halfpenny, which is all thrown to the dogs!"
    Equivalent
    half-penny  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coin  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    a-day  dime  farthing  ha'penny  halfpence  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bawbee  ha'penny  mail  maker  
    variant
    halfpence  
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