halfpennyworth
Britishnoun
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an amount that may be bought for a halfpenny
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a trifling or very small amount
Example Sentences
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A halfpennyworth of fact---- "Is worth a pound of theory!" the man of the brigands--he was a grocer, I believe--cried eagerly; and he brought his fist down on the table.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
But in my present undertaking it passes as the halfpennyworth of bread to many gallons of sack.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
Wardrobe: ... lights, a farthing; a halfpennyworth of candles of cotton ...
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
But these are but the halfpennyworth of bread compared to the vast quantity of sack.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
No 4.5d. a day per mouth for food is coming in; no halfpennyworth of bread per meal; and, at the end of the week, no six shillings for rent.
From The People of the Abyss by Jack London
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