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Zoo Timeby Howard Jacobson You take the kicks and the halfpence, to borrow a phrase from Conrad.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012

But, anyhow, I had a hand, and as I'm a partner in the spree I'm not going to sort you all the kicks and collar all the halfpence.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

Parker made the fairest offer, and Wood the worst; for his coin was three halfpence in a pound weight less value than the other.

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by Daly, J. Bowles (John Bowles)

So they laid aside a few halfpence out of every shilling in order that when it rose to a good round sum they might purchase for their little girl—a cow.

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r

In 1414 complaints were made against the circulation of galley halfpence by the merchants of Venice.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur