Example Sentences

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In a league that barely has two ha’pennies to rub together.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2016

In a league that barely has two ha’pennies to rub together.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2016

It’s hardly surprising that this massive change in the reading audience was associated with shifts of subject matter that tended to replace gold sovereigns with ha’pennies.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2014

Photograph: Laurence CendrowiczCendrowicz This was the year a heartwarming about slimy, crying heads bursting through cockney women's ha'pennies became a mainstream hit.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2012

“Of course,” he said as he emptied his purse onto the table then fingered through the jumbled coins: heavy silver talents and thin silver bits, copper jots, broken ha’pennies, and iron drabs.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss