ha'p'orth
Britishnoun
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a variant spelling of halfpennyworth
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informal a person considered as specified
daft ha'p'orth
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
Hasn't meself been looking over the bed, and under the bed, and in the bed, for the matter of that, and divil a ha'p'orth of breeches is there to the fore at all:—I'm bothered entirely!”
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
‘A ha’p’orth,’ said Peter; ‘you get a ha’p’orth, Flossy, and we’ll sit down on the step of this empty house and feed the baby, and eat up our crusts ourselves.’
From Dickory Dock by Meade, L. T.
I can't endure such benevolence and friend's assistance where there's a shilling-worth of talk for a ha'p'orth of help!
From The Duel and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
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