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halfpenny

/ˈheɪp(ə)ni/

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What does halfpenny mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. (historical) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
  2. (historical) A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
  3. (historical) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
  4. (historical) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
  5. (historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
  6. (archaic) A usually semicircular earmark made in the ear of a livestock animal.
  7. (figuratively, obsolete) A small piece; a fragment.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈheɪp(ə)ni/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌhæfˈpɛni/
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“I want, please,” he said with precision, “one halfpenny bun and a small cup of black coffee.”
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204
A shilling changes masters more frequently than a guinea, and a halfpenny more frequently than a shilling.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
More book examples (3)
“Please nine and ninepence and a good halfpenny where ’twas a bad one, sir—ma’am I mane.”
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
And these I do not sell for gold Or coin of silvery shine But for a copper halfpenny, And that will purchase nine.
Lewis CarrollThrough the Looking-GlassProject Gutenberg ebook #12
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.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600