| 单词 | halfpenny farthing |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalfpenny farthing halfpenny farthing n. now historical the sum of three quarters of a penny, equivalent to a halfpenny and a farthing (or three farthings). Π 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Drachma argenteum, a coyne whereof .viii. made an ounce, which is of our money after the rate of this present tyme v. pens halfpeny farthing, an ounce conteininge .xi. grotes and .ii. pence. 1652 French Occurr. No. 26. 176 These jugling Treasurers and Accomptants..who from pence and halfpenny-farthing, are now grown by corruption, and oppressing the people, to some hundreds. 1793 W. Cowper Let. 5 Oct. (1984) IV. 411 They were silly enough, and cost me eighteen pence, which was seventeen pence half penny farthing more than they were worth. 1889 Star (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) 18 May Small duty on beer; only a halfpenny-farthing per hogshead. 2011 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 28 July d7 Reduced to..begging piteously for ha'penny farthings with a rusty little tin tea-cup. < as lemmas |
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