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half·pen·ny (h

-n

, h

)

n. pl. half·pence (h

ns) or half·pen·nies

a. A British coin worth one half of a new penny.

b. A British coin worth one half of an old penny, no longer in circulation.

2. The sum of one half of a penny.

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half halfpenny money Physical Stature	I would not draw lots however, and in the night the sailor whispered to Helmar again and again, and I sat in the bows with my clasp-knife in my hand, though I doubt if I had the stuff in me to fight; and in the morning I agreed to Helmar's proposal, and we handed halfpence to find the odd man. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context I thought so to myself at that very time; and if I had had any halfpence in my pocket, I would have given her some; for to be sure it is always good to be charitable to those sort of people, for fear what may happen; and many a person hath lost his cattle by saving a halfpenny. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context The first act of this Sage, was, to administer to the effects of his predecessor, by disinterring all the cheese and halfpence he had buried in the garden--a work of immense labour and research, to which he devoted all the energies of his mind. Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context	half-timber half-timbered half-time half-title half-tone Half-tongue half-track half-tracked half-truth half-used half-volley half-wit half-witted half-year half-yearly halfback halfbeak Halfcock halfcocked Halfen Halfendeal Halfer halfhearted Halfness Halfpace halfpence halfpenny halfpennyworth halfpipe halftime halftone halftone engraving halftone screen halfway Halfway covenant halfway house halfwit hali- Haliaeetus Haliaeetus leucocephalus Haliaeetus leucorhyphus Haliaeetus pelagicus Haliatus albicilla halibut halibut-liver oil Haliç Halicarnassian Halicarnassus Halichondriae Halicoeres Halicoeres bivittatus	Halffter, Rodolfo halfhearted halfhearted halfhearted halfheartedly halfheartedly halfheartedly halfheartedness halfheartedness halfheartedness Halfing Halfing Halfing Halfing Halfing Halflife Halflife Halflife Halflife Halflife Halflife halfmoon locoweed Halfnelson Halfness Halford John Mackinder Halford John Mackinder HALFP Halfpace Halfpace halfpace stair halfpence halfpennies halfpennies halfpennies halfpenny halfpenny halfpenny halfpennyworth halfpipe halfpipe Halfprin Halfprin Halfprin Halfprin Halfshaft Halfshirt Halfsister Halfsister Halfstep Halfstep Halfstep Halfsword halftime halftime halftime halftone halftone halftone halftone Halftone characteristic halftone contact screen

I would not draw lots however, and in the night the sailor whispered to Helmar again and again, and I sat in the bows with my clasp-knife in my hand, though I doubt if I had the stuff in me to fight; and in the morning I agreed to Helmar's proposal, and we handed halfpence to find the odd man.

The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context

I thought so to myself at that very time; and if I had had any halfpence in my pocket, I would have given her some; for to be sure it is always good to be charitable to those sort of people, for fear what may happen; and many a person hath lost his cattle by saving a halfpenny.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

The first act of this Sage, was, to administer to the effects of his predecessor, by disinterring all the cheese and halfpence he had buried in the garden--a work of immense labour and research, to which he devoted all the energies of his mind.

Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context

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