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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Halfpenny

I am come back again, like a bad ha'penny. A facetious way of saying “More free than welcome.” As a bad hapenny is returned to its owner, so have I returned to you, and you cannot get rid of me.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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