three halfpennies
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "There is a singular custom prevailing in some parts of Northamptonshire and probably there are other places where a similar practice exists. If a female is afflicted with fits, nine pieces of silver money and nine three-halfpennies are collected from nine bachelors. The silver money is converted into a ring to be worn by the afflicted person and the three-halfpennies (i.e. 13½d.) are paid to the maker of the ring, an inadequate remuneration for his labor but which he good-naturedly accepts."