Halfpenny

Examples

• A shilling changes masters more frequently than a guinea, and a halfpenny more frequently than a shilling. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Six shillings and ninepence halfpenny on the very first day! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I gave him a halfpenny for himself, and I wish he hadn't taken it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Another would set a sum--If a pound of mutton-candles cost sevenpence-halfpenny, how much must Dobbin cost? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Not one halfpenny,' said Mr. Pickwick firmly; 'not one halfpenny. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Was it outside that very house as I first set eyes upon him, rolling in the lap of luxury, when I was selling halfpenny ballads there for a living? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A halfpenny an hour shan't part us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• See, my dear Miss Summerson, he took a handful of loose silver and halfpence from his pocket, there's so much money. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A knife and some odd halfpence are all he finds. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• At last he began to pay me in halfpence at a time; and was full two hours getting by easy stages to a shilling. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I gave you three halfpence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But my standing possessed of only three-halfpence in the world (and I am sure I wonder how they came to be left in my pocket on a Saturday night! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He looks at them with an eager eye and rattles something in his pocket--halfpence perhaps. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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