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halfpenny Definition

half·penny (hāpnē, hāpən ē)

noun pl. -·pencepəns or -·pennies

a former British coin equal to half a penny

adjective

worth a halfpenny, or very little; trifling

halfpenny Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: She did not know that he had only a halfpenny in his pockets out of the pension money.
  • cost: When published for the first time, the eight page newspaper cost only halfpenny.
  • show: Our coin shows a halfpenny which were only issued with the bare head design.
  • give: I gave the prisoner twopence halfpenny, which I had lost.
  • get: It took months, as we only got a halfpenny, sometimes a penny, a week.
  • shove: Playing method is either to toss the coins onto the board from an agreed distance or play it similar to shove halfpenny.

Preposition: in

pound: Expenditure was limited to a rate of a halfpenny in the pound.

Adjective modifier

  • single: They had been six weeks in New York, and neither of them had yet found a single job or earned a single halfpenny.
  • old: The old halfpenny was demonetised on 1st August 1969.

Modifies a noun

  • bun: But even fourteen halfpenny buns with A. P. on them in pink sugar do not of themselves make a very grand celebration.
  • stamp: The card still has its original green halfpenny stamp with the head of King Edward VII, then only three years on the throne.
  • paper: About that time the Northern Echo of Darlington, a new halfpenny paper, had just appeared or was about to appear.
  • piece: We encouraged taxpayers to tape a halfpenny piece to their returns to help the Inland Revenue fund an improvement.
  • worth: In 1811 the expression was: " Don't lose a sheep for a halfpenny worth of tar " .
  • bridge: Halfpenny Bridge is not the ideal place to start.

Noun used with modifier

  • penny: A tea shop menu lists tea at 3d per cup or 4d per pot ( per person ) with scones at a penny halfpenny.
  • copper: This picture shows a copper halfpenny of William III, struck about 1699.
  • pence: The value of a piastre is about two pence halfpenny.
  • twopence: I gave the prisoner twopence halfpenny, which I had lost.

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