halfpennyworth

British  

/ ˈheɪpəθ /

noun

1. an amount that may be bought for a halfpenny

2. a trifling or very small amount

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Example Sentences

I never professed to have a halfpennyworth of pity at that gentleman's command.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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 Weyman, Stanley John

But these are but the halfpennyworth of bread compared to the vast quantity of sack.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

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 London, Jack

They go to the gargottes, where they get threepence halfpennyworth of bouilli—soup, beef and vegetable—which includes the title to a liberal supply of bread. 

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William