ha'penny

English

Etymology

Contraction of halfpenny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪpni/

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Noun

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

1. (historical, Ireland, UK) 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

• ha'penny dip
• ha'penny starver
• ha'p'orth
• shove ha'penny
• tuppenny-ha'penny