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ha'p'orth

/ ˈheɪpəθ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of halfpennyworth
  2. informal.
    a person considered as specified

    daft ha'p'orth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

So magnificent monuments and civil works fall into utter decay, and boats go to ruin everywhere, for lack of a haporth of tar.

Some Cats has a haporth a day, some every other day; werry few can afford a pennorth, but times is inferior.

Haporth o liveliness, the music at a low concert, or theatre.

Carroway ought to catch one lot, if he has a haporth of sense in him.

Shure I know, Winny, that'll you never see me want for a haporth while I last, be it long or short.

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