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ha'penny starver

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ha'pen-ny s-tarv-er
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small bread roll costing one halfpenny.

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

ha'penny starvers (plural)

Questions

What does ha'penny starver mean?
A small bread roll costing one halfpenny.

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