toss-halfpenny

His widow was a pew-opener in the cathedral hard by; his eldest son was a little scamp of a choir-boy, who played toss-halfpenny, led his little brothers into mischief, and had a voice as sweet as an angel.

The History of Pendennis 2006

Two little clerks were playing at toss-halfpenny under that lamp.

The History of Pendennis 2006

His widow was a pew-opener in the cathedral hard by; his eldest son was a little scamp of a choir-boy, who played toss-halfpenny, led his little brothers into mischief, and had a voice as sweet as an angel.

The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Two little clerks were playing at toss-halfpenny under that lamp.

The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Green Park, where many poor children were disporting happily, and errand-boys were playing at toss-halfpenny, and black sheep were grazing in the sunshine, and an actor was learning his part on a bench, and nursery-maids and their charges sauntered here and there, and several couples were walking in a leisurely manner; "yes, depend on it, my boy; for a poor man, there is nothing like having good acquaintances.

The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837