Adjective : a halfpenny matter. From Dictionary.com.
A patent was given to Wood permitting him to coin halfpence and farthings to the value of one hundred and eight thousand pounds. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)] Reference
He mixed up these Roman halfpence with the honour of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
Tunny sells for about three halfpence a pound in Lequeito. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884] Reference
There were more kicks than halfpence in this world for a poor man. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
On going to the bar to ask the price, he was told three-halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
They bring their halfpence or go themselves and say directly what for. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
Posh does not remember whether he laid out the three halfpence or not. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
Cost of the whole, nine kreutzers (schein), or scarcely three halfpence in. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
It was an intense relief to have chased successfully the truant halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Being asked, upon what subject? he replied, they were against Wood's halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
English halfpence, which lay, like sands upon the sea-shore, at the bottom of it. From Wordnik.com. [Pictures from Italy] Reference
Then we wrapped up halfpence in clay, and received coins of less value in exchange. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
‘Look here!’ said the Dodger, drawing forth a handful of shillings and halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
"All right!" exclaimed he of the maternal side, "stand three-halfpence for your feed.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841] Reference
On the circulation of his hat, the French halfpence were dropped in with great liberality. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
Miss Alice, who felt the greatest pity for the poor boy, gave him some halfpence to buy another cat. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
John Broom pulled out three halfpence lately earned, and the Scotchman dropped them slowly into the box. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference
It appeared that the grim old Chelsea hermit had once, when a child, saved in a teacup three bright halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
He also advances by farthings and halfpence, because he is chary about entering into the intricacies of eighths. From Wordnik.com. [The Boer in Peace and War] Reference
Shylock won't renew, and the nobles get indignant; so they propose to pay Shylock with more kicks than halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860] Reference
Water-carts go round, selling water at a penny or sometimes three halfpence per bucket, which is of a good quality. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
The little boys toss for halfpence in the street, which impressed me with the wonderful mineral wealth of South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 4, 1891] Reference
His books were procured by the careful accumulation of the halfpence bestowed on him by the admirers of his juvenile tastes. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Soon her whole fortune would consist of her box of lucky halfpence and a franc which she had won by turning a cartwheel, for. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Maud ran to the cupboard; there was not a bit of anything in the shape of food, but a little pile of halfpence in one corner. From Wordnik.com. [Hayslope Grange A Tale of the Civil War] Reference
'I lent three halfpence to Geoff to make up his sixpence for the hospital-cot collection at the children's service last Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Think of the matchbox-makers, who turn out a gross for a few halfpence, out of which they must supply some of their own materials. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
This would give an average receipt, upon the seventy-one weeks of my stay, of one pound three shillings and three-halfpence a week. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
Great numbers of the inhabitants get their living by carrying water, for which they have three halfpence or twopence the horse load. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831] Reference
James I. struck copper farthings of two sizes, that if they failed in England, they might be used in Ireland for pence and halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He talks with the broadest possible Florentine accent and idiom, and despite his cunning is continually getting more kicks than halfpence. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875] Reference
All the company laughed at Dick's odd venture; and Miss Alice, who felt pity for the poor boy, gave him some halfpence to buy another cat. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
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