See halfpenny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "hapeney"
},
{
"word": "ha’penny"
},
{
"word": "hapenny"
},
{
"english": "all obsolete except ha’penny",
"word": "happenny"
},
{
"alt": "with the first element corrupted to haw-",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "hawpny"
},
{
"english": "pre-decimalisation abbreviation",
"sense": "decimal abbreviation",
"word": "½p ½d"
}
],
"word": "halfpenny"
}
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