ha'p'orth

British

/ ˈheɪpəθ /

noun

a variant spelling of halfpennyworth
informal a person considered as specified

daft ha'p'orth

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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

Hazel: You have not a ha'p'orth on you.

From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady

Ha! at a coffee-stall, I suppose; a cup of coffee and a ha'p'orth of bread.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.

There are still more who have written off princely debts and do not seem to be a "ha'p'orth the worse."

From What is Coming? by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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