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noun (see senses for plurals)
- (plural: halfpennies) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
- Christmas is coming (traditional carol)
- :If you haven't got a penny, / A ha'penny will do, / If you haven't got a ha'penny, / Then God bless you.
- (plural: halfpence) An quantity of money worth half a penny.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It (act III, scene 2)
- :There were none principal; they were all like one another as halfpence are; every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow fault came to match it.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
- :"If a pound of mutton-candles cost sevenpence-, how much must Dobbin cost?"
adjective (notcomp)
- Costing or worth one halfpenny.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2 (act IV, scene 2)
- :There shall be in England seven loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.
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