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
“A ha’p’orth of liver, cut into small pieces.”
From Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat
Oh, purshuin' to the ha'p'orth I can settle till I recover o' this murdherin' colic!
From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
Hazel: You have not a ha'p'orth on you.
From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
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