halfpenny
(UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
There were none principal; they were all like one another as halfpence are; every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow fault came to match it.
(by extension, Ireland, Scotland) A coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
(UK) An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.
"If a pound of mutton-candles cost sevenpence-halfpenny, how much must Dobbin cost?"
There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.
(by extension, Ireland, Scotland) An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.
(philately, historical) A postage stamp worth half of one penny.
(chiefly Australia, US, agriculture, archaic) A usually semicircular earmark made in the ear of a livestock animal.
(obsolete, figurative) A small piece; a fragment.
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