haapney
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English hapeni, from Old English halpenige.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
haapney
- halfpenny
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:
- A near a haapney to paay a peepeare.
- Had ne'er a halfpenny to pay the piper.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 44