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halfpenny

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halfpenny, ha'penny
1. a small British coin worth half a new penny, withdrawn from circulation in 1985
2. an old British coin worth half an old penny


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"I've got a halfpenny o' my own," said Bob, proudly, coming out of the water and tossing his halfpenny in the air.
The whole paper was not so large as a page of one of our present halfpenny papers.
I put that enlightened object before him, and now he can turn his honest halfpenny by the three penn'orth a week.
 
 
 
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