Examples of 'halfpenny' in a sentence

Meaning of "halfpenny"

halfpenny (noun) - an obsolete British coin worth half of a penny. It was commonly used in the UK before decimalization in 1971
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  • (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
  • A quantity of money worth half a penny.
  • Costing or worth one halfpenny.
  • A surname transferred from the nickname.

How to use "halfpenny" in a sentence

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halfpenny
Has not got a halfpenny to his name.
All for the price of one halfpenny.
The old halfpenny is withdrawn from circulation.
If you have not a penny a halfpenny will do.
A halfpenny cat may look at a king.
This was also the era of the halfpenny.
And halfpenny at the moment.
Durdles pays him a halfpenny for doing so.
Halfpenny contributed a conversion and two penalties to the game.
You leave them sitting in the halfpenny place.
The halfpenny is abolished.
You are still the halfpenny drab.
Halfpenny dearer than the same sort of pieces had usually been sold in.
I am not one of those halfpenny fakers.
Jill halfpenny nuse.

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Papers cost a penny or a halfpenny then.
I held a halfpenny in price.
The press was changed by the introduction of halfpenny papers.
The halfpenny stamp was introduced following a reduction in the postal rate for newspapers and postcards.
Not one single halfpenny.
They must never purchase a halfpenny newspaper or spend a penny to buy a ticket for a popular concert.
And to the last halfpenny.
Penny halfpenny for a little bit of Swiss roll.
A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.
Leigh Halfpenny is named the player of the tournament.
I seem to remember that it cost either a halfpenny or three farthings.
Leigh Halfpenny to consult specialist on concussion related issues.
The people who would sell their grannies for a halfpenny.
Leigh Halfpenny has been drafted in as his experienced replacement.
People paid the box carriers a halfpenny to see the box.
Kate Halfpenny loves and designs bridalwear for real women.
Davos stopped beneath the colonnade and traded a halfpenny for an apple.
In both these works Halfpenny acted as his own engraver.
The architect of the church was for some time believed to be William Halfpenny.
Mind you put that threepence halfpenny back in the stamp box by Saturday.
Jill Halfpenny was the second star to impress the judges with her dancing skills.
I left the Brits in the halfpenny place.
With the storyline Halfpenny received her busiest filming schedules since she started filming.
Baker gave Minnie and Lizzie three halfpence to spend on sweets and Fanny another halfpenny.
You are still the halfpenny drab I picked out of the gutter.
The dominant planets of Jill Halfpenny.
Leigh Halfpenny scoring his second try against Scotland.
McCoy finished in third place behind the winner Andy Murray and runner up Leigh Halfpenny.
The Australian Halfpenny was a coin used in the Commonwealth of Australia prior to decimalisation.
Selling bolts and washers at halfpenny a time?
Halfpenny has said she enjoys playing the character 's mischievous side.
That will be one and threepence, halfpenny.
Beveridge is calling for the halfpenny to be put in the club's museum.
Johnny McCartney… will give you a run for your thruppence halfpenny.
Halfpenny said she was " so excited and humbled " to be reintroduced into the main cast.

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