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ha'p'orth
A halfpennyworth; the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.
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At an old stubborn Root I chanc’d to tug, / When the Dean threw me this Tobacco-plug: / A longer ha’p’orth never did I see; / This, dearest Sheelah, thou shalt share with me.
‘Mighty fine certainly,’ said Ralph, with great testiness. ‘When I first went to business, ma’am, I took a penny loaf and a ha’porth of milk for my breakfast as I walked to the city every morning; what do you say to that, ma’am? Breakfast! Bah!’
You rascal thief! it is not merely three-ha’p’orth of sooty fruit you rob me of, it is my peace of mind.
(informal) A small amount.
(slang) A foolish person.
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