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half penny

[hey-puh-nee, heyp-nee]

half·pen·ny

[hey-puh-nee, heyp-nee] noun, plural half·pen·nies for 1; half·pence [hey-puhns] for 2; adjective
noun
1.
a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
2.
the sum of half a penny.
adjective
3.
of the price or value of a halfpenny.
4.
of little value; worthless: a halfpenny matter.
5.
British Informal. (of newspapers) sensational, especially morbidly or offensively so.

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Half penny is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1225–75; Middle English halfpeny, halpeny. See half, penny
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