Sentence example with the word 'halfpennies'

halfpennies

Last update: July 26, 2015


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'Here's a bit of stale bread for each of us,' he said, 'and I had to give two halfpennies for that.'   [Please select]

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"No," she answered, "but he spends most of his time here, and begs halfpennies from the people who pass."   [Please select]

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"So we are," said Peter, confidentially, "but we always have three pennyworth of halfpennies for tea whenever Mother sells a story or a poem or anything."   [Please select]

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Her savings box, which ought to have contained over fifteen shillings, only held a threepennybit and two halfpennies; and she shook her head dismally as she reviewed her pauper condition.   [Please select]

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"I can afford to spend the threepennybit on Father and Martin," she thought; "but I must leave the halfpennies to rattle in my box, so that it doesn't sound empty."   [Please select]

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