ha'p'orth
Britishnoun
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a variant spelling of halfpennyworth
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informal a person considered as specified
daft ha'p'orth
Example Sentences
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The poor workman blames a ha’p’orth of tar.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019
Whether starvation comes this year or the beginning of next does not make a ha'p'orth of difference.
From Time Magazine Archive
But this one thing we have done: we have clung to our patriarchal Constitution, not caring a ha'p'orth who administered our laws so long as the laws were our own.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
I know he gives her bull's eyes—I seed him one day buying a ha'p'orth.
From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick
I can't paint any more—or, at any rate, the world doesn't care a ha'p'orth what I paint.
From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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