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Webster 1828 Edition

Half-penny

H`ALF-PENNY

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Noun.

hap'penny or ha'penny. A copper coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny. It is used in the plural.

He cheats for half-pence.

[This coin is not current in America.]

H`ALF-PENNY

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Adj.

Of the price or value of half a penny; as a half-penny loaf.