ha'penny

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English

Etymology

Contraction of half penny.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheɪpni/
    • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

ha'penny (plural ha'pennies or ha'pence)

  1. (historical, Ireland, British) A halfpenny; a former British and Irish coin.
    • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.

Derived terms

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