halfpenny
noun
a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
halfpennies
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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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In London, a coroner found that the late Sidney Corrall, acquisitive but non compos mentis, had swallowed and kept all to himself 201 pennies, florins, shillings, halfpennies, sixpences, half crowns, and threepenny bits.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most extensive case of coin swallowing was reported by Sedgefield General Hospital, County Durham, England, where a man was relieved of 366 halfpennies, 26 sixpences.
From Time Magazine Archive
I did a quick count: two iron halfpennies, nine shims, and a drab.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
He walked up to the Bird Woman and held out four halfpennies.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
Opening it, he went back to Granny's side and showered its contents upon her lap—two halfpennies and four pennies, a sixpenny and a threepenny bit, and a bright farthing.
From That Little Beggar by E. King Hall
