halfpenny
pronunciation
How to pronounce halfpenny in British English:
UK [ˈhɑːfpeni]
How to pronounce halfpenny in American English:
US [ ˈhæfpeni]
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- Noun:
- an English coin worth half a penny
Word Origin
- halfpenny (n.)
- mid-13c. (though implied in Old English healfpenigwurð "halfpenny-worth"); see half + penny.
Example
- 1. Don 't bother her with such halfpenny things .
- 2. After that there wasn 't a halfpenny left .
- 3. In 1971 decimalisation followed , under which the smallest coin was the halfpenny ( one-200th of a pound ) .
- 4. They never seem to have two halfpenny to rub together .