halfpenny
noun
a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
halfpence
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pluralof halfpenny.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
These halfpence, if they once pass, will soon be counterfeited, because it may be cheaply done, the stuff is so base.
From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly
Every pedlar and driver of public coaches lent himself to the profitable business of carrying letters for a few halfpence a letter.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith
I desire that all families may keep this paper carefully by them, to refresh their memories whenever they shall have farther notice of Mr. Wood’s halfpence, or any other the like imposture.
From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly
In the first months of his tenure of office he had to deal with the furious opposition to Wood’s halfpence, and to counteract the effect of Swift’s Draper’s Letters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
