halfpennyworth

/ ˈheɪpəθ /

noun

1. an amount that may be bought for a halfpenny

2. a trifling or very small amount

Example Sentences

A single candle, a small loaf, half an ounce of tea, a halfpennyworth of cheese, a pennyworth of butter, or sugar, or snuff, or tobacco, could here be obtained.

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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.

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The hot green peas are sold out in halfpennyworths and pennyworths, some vendors, in addition to the usual seasoning supplied, add a suck of bacon.

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So Mrs. Jones advised Mrs. Sparks, at the Cross, to keep a couple of cows, and sell out the milk by halfpennyworths.

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Ibsen sets himself to discover the halfpennyworth of significance in all this intolerable deal of irrelevance.

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