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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I'll slip up the stairs there, and maybe I can get a glimpse of 'em through the door an' no one a ha'p'orth the wiser.

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And not a ha'p'orth of sense, at least there's no making out the sense.

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"Innocent we be, but where the Deemster comes there's not a ha'p'orth to choose between you and us."

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I'm deeply concerned that there's an assumption that simply by installing simple measures of preventing, shall we say, radical speakers from coming onto campus, we're going to make a ha'p'orth of difference to this issue.

From BBC

"If ye cud jist spare us a ha'p'orth ov milk to keep th' life in th' chile fur th' night?" he pleaded.

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