English

Noun

ha'pence

1. plural of ha'penny
   • 1866, James Greenwood, The true history of a little ragamuffin, page 68:

     "Give us hold of the three ha'pence. Cut away with you, and if you are gone as long as a minute, see what you'll catch." "Give him the three-ha'pence and cut away !"

   • 2010 July 22, George Monbiot, The Guardian, George Monbiot's Blog,How scrapping the SDC to save money will cost the taxpayer a fortune

     Junking it is the definitive false economy: spoiling the ship for a ha' pence of tar.

   • Marriott Edgar, [http//:http://monologues.co.uk/3Hapence.shtml Three Ha'pence A Foot]

     Now Maple were Sam's Monopoly;

     That means it were all 'is to cut,

     And nobody else 'adn't got none;

     So 'e asked Noah three ha'pence a foot.

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• cheapen