noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not have two pennies/halfpennies/beans to rub together
twopenny-halfpenny
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For many children, spending money was a Saturday penny and a Wednesday halfpenny .
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He said the accused, Richard Hodgson could prove he did not get a halfpenny of profit out of the Carpenter Club.
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However, in compensation I did find a nice silver hammered halfpenny of Henry V and a few rose farthings.
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There was no money,, not even a halfpenny .