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three halfpennies

three halfpennies noun: synonym of three halfpence.

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

Synonyms of three halfpennies

Questions about three halfpennies

What does three halfpennies mean?
Three halfpennies means synonym of three halfpence.
What part of speech is three halfpennies?
Three halfpennies is a noun.

Words near three halfpennies in the dictionary

  1. three Fs
  2. three G's
  3. three green
  4. three guys in a garage
  5. three halfpence
  6. three halfpennies
  7. three halfpenny
  8. three hots and a cot
  9. Three Hummock Island
  10. three hundred
  11. Three Kingdoms

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