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ha'p'orth

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ha'p'orth [ˈheɪpəθ]
n Brit
1. a variant spelling of halfpennyworth
2. Informal a person considered as specified daft ha'p'orth
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Noun1.ha'p'orth - the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny
halfpennyworth
worth - an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"
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If you don't take pocket-handkechers and watches,' said the Dodger, reducing his conversation to the level of Oliver's capacity, 'some other cove will; so that the coves that lose 'em will be all the worse, and you'll be all the worse, too, and nobody half a ha'p'orth the better, except the chaps wot gets them--and you've just as good a right to them as they have.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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