halfpennies
- plural of halfpenny.
Example Sentences
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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
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
He walked up to the Bird Woman and held out four halfpennies.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
I did a quick count: two iron halfpennies, nine shims, and a drab.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The play was over; the halfpennies had been gathered in.
From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton
