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halfpenny
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/ˈhælfpəni/
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/ˈhælfpəni/
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halfpenny
noun
halfpennies
pl
UK
/ˈhælfpəni/
US
/ˈhælfpəni/
полпенни
He found an old halfpenny in the attic.
Он нашел старую полпенни на чердаке.
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полушка
Synonyms
currency
coin
penny
halfpenny
adjective
UK
/ˈheɪpni/
US
/ˈheɪpni/
Used attributively to modify another noun, e.g. ‘a halfpenny stamp’; not normally gradable.
Synonyms
low-priced
measly
worthless
piddling
trifling
petty
insignificant
meagre
meager
paltry
trivial
cheap
halfpence
noun
halfpenny
halfpence
pl
UK
/ˈhælfpəns/
US
/ˈhælfpəns/
полпенни
He found a few halfpence in his old coat pocket.
Он нашел несколько полпенни в кармане своего старого пальто.
Synonyms
half-penny
ha'penny
half pennies
halfpennies
half penny
halfpenny
ha'pennies
Definitions
halfpenny
noun
A former British coin worth half of a penny.
He found an old halfpenny in his grandfather's coin collection.
A unit of currency equal to one half of a penny.
The price of the candy was just a halfpenny.
halfpenny
adjective
Costing or worth a halfpenny; very cheap or petty (archaic).
He bought a halfpenny newspaper at the station.
halfpence
noun
Coins that are worth half a penny, used in the past in the United Kingdom.
He found a collection of old halfpence in his grandfather's attic.
The plural form of halfpenny, referring to multiple coins or amounts of half a penny.
The shopkeeper counted out the halfpence to give the correct change.
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