Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A halfpenny.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A half-penny.

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  • noun A halfpenny; a former British coin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an English coin worth half a penny

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of halfpenny.]

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Examples

  • One had eaten a ha'penny roll that day, the other had eaten nothing.

    THE CARTER AND THE CARPENTER 2010

  • "I'll give you a ha'penny for another lump of sugar in the tea," I said.

    COFFEE-HOUSES AND DOSS-HOUSES 2010

  • We worked it out to eight-pence ha'penny, or seventeen cents, for two men working three hours and a half.

    HOPS AND HOPPERS 2010

  • But Fable Coin Golf is a miniature triumph, brilliantly mixing the dynamics of pinball and shove ha'penny with cunningly compelling results.

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  • She gave the beggars five fathoms of calico for the big mainsail, two sticks of tobacco for the chronometer, and a sheath-knife worth elevenpence ha'penny for a hundred fathoms of brand new five-inch manila.

    Chapter 18 2010

  • Why it's still going The warm, buttery plots and familiar, approachable cast remind older viewers of the days when they could buy a pint for tuppence ha'penny and still have change for a misjudged June Whitfield cameo.

    Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die 2011

  • A reed basket of ha'penny nails to go with it lay in the jumble of objects at the far end of the table; something perhaps left behind by the carpenters who had furnished the room.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Moving without haste, Randall leaned past Jamie to pluck a ha'penny nail delicately from the reed basket.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • "I wouldn't trust you with a ha'penny!" announced his brother when he had done.

    In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

  • The negatives come from those who don't want to spend a ha'penny on the positive act of supporting the Welsh Language, like the CBI.

    CBI goes doolally 2008

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