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halfpenny
/ˈheɪp(ə)ni/
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What does halfpenny mean?
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
More meanings (7)
noun
- (historical) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- (historical) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
- (historical) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
- (historical) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
- (historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
- (archaic) A usually semicircular earmark made in the ear of a livestock animal.
- (figuratively, obsolete) A small piece; a fragment.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈheɪp(ə)ni/
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“I want, please,” he said with precision, “one halfpenny bun and a small cup of black coffee.”
A shilling changes masters more frequently than a guinea, and a halfpenny more frequently than a shilling.
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“Please nine and ninepence and a good halfpenny where ’twas a bad one, sir—ma’am I mane.”
And these I do not sell for gold Or coin of silvery shine But for a copper halfpenny, And that will purchase nine.
Tiberius Gracchus was allowed but fivepence halfpenny a day when employed as public minister about the public affairs, and being at that time the greatest man of Rome.