"ha'penny starver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ha'penny starvers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ha'penny starver (plural ha'penny starvers)
  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A small bread roll costing one halfpenny. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Breads
    Sense id: en-ha'penny_starver-en-noun-6lw86bXX Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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