There vvere none principal, they vvere all like one another, as halfe pence are, euerie one fault ſeeming monſtrous, til his fellovv-fault came to match it.
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Halfpenny
//ˈheɪp(ə)ni//
Synonyms for "halfpenny" (62 found)
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19 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نصف بنس noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Bulgarian
2 entries- половин пени noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
- половин пени noun (amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth; amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth)
Finnish
4 entries- korvamerkki noun (usually semicircular earmark)
- puolipenni noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
- puolipenni noun (amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth; amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth)
- puolipenninen noun (postage stamp worth half of one penny)
French
1 entries- demi-penny noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Irish
1 entries- leathphingin noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Māori
1 entries- hēpene noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Polish
2 entries- półpens noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
- półpensówka noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- bonn-a-sia noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
- bonn-a-sè noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Vietnamese
1 entries- niễng mũn noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Welsh
1 entries- dimai noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Yola
1 entries- haapney noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Yoruba
2 entries- eepinni noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
- igbiwo noun (discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny; similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
[T]here are Thouſands vvho vvould not have contributed a ſingle Halfpenny, as indeed he did not in Effect, for he made no Tender of any thing; and therefore as the others thought proer to make no Demand, he kept his Money in his Pocket.
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Whatever means he used in making his way to London, it is certain he made his entrance there with but a few halfpence in his pocket.
Source: wiktionary
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, / Please to put a penny in the old man's hat, / If you haven't got a penny, a halfpenny will do, / If you haven't got a halfpenny—God bless you!
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