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
And Eupolis mentions the trichis in his Flatterers;— He was a stingy man, who once in his life Before the war did buy some trichides; But in the Samian war, a ha'p'orth of meat.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
Never a day's worry has my son Tom given to me, and never a ha'p'orth o' harm have we done to you.
From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Here, Johnny," Withero said, "jist run over t' Farren's for a ha'p'orth ov turf an' we'll haave a cup o' tay fur these folks who're workin' overtime palaverin' about th' dead!
From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Irvine, Alexander
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