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half-track
half-truth
half volley
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half-white runner
half-yearly
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halfpenny
half·pen·ny [ háypnee, háypənee ] (plural half·pen·ny or half·pen·nies)


noun 
Definition:
 
old unit of British currency: a former British coin worth half an old or new penny, withdrawn in 1985
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