HALFPENNY

PRONUNCIATION: (HAY-puh-nee, HAP-nee)
plural halfpence (HAY-puhns)

MEANING: noun: 1. A British coin representing half a penny.
2. A sum of half a penny.
adjective: 1. Worth half a penny.
2. Worth very little.

ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English halfpeny, from Old English h(e)alf + penig, penning. Earliest documented use: 1330.
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ALF P. ENNY - Alfred P Doolittle's step-brother

HALF-PEONY - a haploid flower of the genus Paeonia

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