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three-halfpennies

three-halfpennies is the alternative form of three halfpennies.

Meaning of three halfpennies

Noun

three halfpennies

  1. Synonym of three halfpence.
    • There is a singular custom prevailing in some parts of Northamptonshire and probably there are other places where a similar practice exists. If a female is afflicted with fits, nine pieces of silver money and nine three-halfpennies are collected from nine bachelors. The silver money is converted...1855, Charles Edwards, The History and Poetry of Finger-rings, chapter iii, § 6, page 133
    Synonyms:
    three halfpence

Questions about three-halfpennies

What is three-halfpennies the alternative form of?
Three-halfpennies is the alternative form of three halfpennies.

Words near three-halfpennies in the dictionary

  1. three-forked
  2. three-four time
  3. three-four times
  4. three-fourths
  5. three-halfpence
  6. three-halfpennies
  7. three-halfpenny
  8. three-headed
  9. three-high
  10. three-highs
  11. three-hole punch

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