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Specialty Expressions: HALF-FACED GROAT

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Half-faced GroatLiterature1: "Thou half-faced groat! You thick-cheeked chitty-face!"
2: (You). You worthless fellow. The debased groats issued in the reign of Henry VIII. had the king's head in profile, but those in the reign of Henry VII. had the king's head with the full face. (See King John, i. 1; and 2 Henry IV., iii. 1.)
3: Munday: The Downfal of Robert, Earle of Huntingdon (1601). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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