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  • noun Plural form of halfpenny.

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Examples

  • They expected pennies and halfpennies and threepences and a few shiny sixpences but all the coins were silver.

    A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010

  • From the size of the pile of pennies, halfpennies, and shillings in front of her, my aunt was winning.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • From the size of the pile of pennies, halfpennies, and shillings in front of her, my aunt was winning.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • From the size of the pile of pennies, halfpennies, and shillings in front of her, my aunt was winning.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • From the size of the pile of pennies, halfpennies, and shillings in front of her, my aunt was winning.

    Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010

  • The penny was further sub-divided into two halfpennies or four farthings

    Old English money for the easily confused de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • The penny was further sub-divided into two halfpennies or four farthings

    Archive 2008-02-10 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • Eleven of the coins are pennies and five are cut halfpennies.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Eleven of the coins are pennies and five are cut halfpennies.

    Medieval Coins 2007

  • It seemed to her to grow bigger and bigger as the darkness deepened, and its green eyes glared as large as halfpennies in her affrighted vision as the thunder came booming along the heights from the Willarden-road.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

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