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halfpennyworth

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halfpennyworth, ha'p'orth [ˈheɪpəθ]
n
1. an amount that may be bought for a halfpenny
2. a trifling or very small amount
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Noun1.halfpennyworth - the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny
worth - an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"


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Newman Noggs did not say that he had hunted up the old furniture they saw, from attic and cellar; or that he had taken in the halfpennyworth of milk for tea that stood upon a shelf, or filled the rusty kettle on the hob, or collected the woodchips from the wharf, or begged the coals.
 
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