| 单词 | halfpenny mark |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalfpenny mark c. Chiefly U.S. and Australian. Designating a cut or notch, typically semicircular in shape, made in the ears of farm animals as a means of identification, as halfpenny mark, halfpenny slit, etc. Cf. sense 3. Now rare. Π 1750 in F. O. Allen Hist. Enfield Connecticut (1900) III. 2483 A Crop off of the Left Ear and Two Half penny Cuts the Under Side of the Same Ear. 1825 Morning Post 15 July Had she a slit in the ear?—Yes.—Was it a halfpenny slit? 1871 New S. Wales Govt. Gaz. 3 Oct. 2237/2 Black or brown horse, hobble on off fore leg, halfpenny mark near ear. 1953 Muswellbrook (New S. Wales) Chron. 6 Jan. 3/4 One Silver Jersey heifer, branded R and a blotted letter, half penny ear mark on off side ear. < as lemmas |
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