bord halfpenny
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
bord halfpenny (plural bord halfpennies)
- A fee paid in markets and fairs by the Saxons to the lord for the privilege of having a bord or bench for the sale of articles.
References[edit]
- E. Cobham Brewer. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
- Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Bord halfpenny - Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
- Wharton's Pocket Law Dictionary. 2010.